US overdose deaths dropped in 2023, the first time since 2018
Time:2024-05-21 09:32:45 Source:healthViews(143)
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday.
Agency officials noted the data is provisional and could change after more analysis, but that they still expect a drop when the final counts are in. It would be only the second annual decline since the current national drug death epidemic began more than three decades ago.
Experts reacted cautiously. One described the decline as relatively small, and said it should be thought more as part of a leveling off than a decrease. Another noted that the last time a decline occurred — in 2018 — drug deaths shot up in the years that followed.
“Any decline is encouraging,” said Brandon Marshall, a Brown University researcher who studies overdose trends. “But I think it’s certainly premature to celebrate or to draw any large-scale conclusions about where we may be headed long-term with this crisis.”
Previous:Independent UN experts urge Yemen’s Houthis to free detained Baha'i followers
Next:Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf is spotted on the streets of Gavin and Stacey's hometown Barry
You may also like
- Bella Hadid goes braless in a thigh
- Campaign to legalize sports betting in Missouri gets help from mascots to haul voter signatures
- Campaign to legalize sports betting in Missouri gets help from mascots to haul voter signatures
- The first wrongful
- I was 'brokefished' by my friend for £400
- Rita Ora shows off her quirky sense of fashion in a pair of kooky safety goggle
- Princess Anne says she's 'honoured' as she has a train named after her at London Paddington station
- Average long
- Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia