The Wall Street Journal (6/26, Kamp, Subscription Publication) reports deaths from drug overdoses may have declined from 2017 to 2018, which would be the first year-to-year decrease since 1990. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that there were around 69,100 deaths from drug overdoses from November 2017 to November 2018, compared to around 72,300 death in the preceding 12-month period.
Related Links:
— “Overdose Deaths Likely to Fall for First Time Since 1990, “Jon Kamp, The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2019