CNN (12/14, McPhillips) reports, “Drug overdose deaths in the United States have slowed in recent months after reaching record levels earlier this year,” according to data from the CDC showing “that 107,735 people died of a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending in July.” That is nearly “2,500 fewer deaths than the record high that was reached in March, marking a 2% drop over four months.” But despite this “improvement, annual drug overdose deaths in July were still 25% higher than they were two years earlier and more than 50% higher than they were five years earlier.”
The AP (12/14, Mattise, Stobbe) also reports.
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— “Drug overdose deaths slowing in the US after reaching record levels during the Covid-19 pandemic “Deidre McPhillips, CNN, December 14, 2022