U.S. overdose deaths last year likely fell for the first time in nearly three decades, preliminary statistics suggest.
posted Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number may go up as more investigations are completed, but the agency expects the final tally will not exceed 69,000.Any leveling off — or decline — in overdose deaths is good news, but the overdose death rate is still, a behavioral health researcher at the University of Michigan who studies policies aimed at curbing opioid addiction.
The improvement was driven by a drop in deaths from heroin and prescription painkillers. Those decreases were offset somewhat by continuing increases in deaths involving fentanyl, cocaine and stimulants like methamphetamines. Overdose deaths often involve more than one drug. It can take months for authorities to complete toxicology tests and other elements of an investigation into a drug-related death. And some states report faster than others. The CDC is expected to report more complete data later this year.has killed more people than any other in U.S. history. From 2014 to 2017, overdose deaths jumped by 5,000 or more each year.
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