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Drug overdose deaths tied to opioids on decline

The Boston Globe · 4d

Fresh numbers show sharp decline in opioid overdose deaths

Federal data show that opioid-related overdose deaths dropped to the lowest level since 2013 — a decline seen across all races and ethnicities, according to Bureau Director Deirdre Calvert.

Worcester Telegram on MSN · 2d

Drug overdose deaths tied to opioids on the decline: Here are the details

Drug overdose deaths in Massachusetts tied to opioids are at their lowest level in more than a decade, according the preliminary figures.

Boston Herald on MSN · 4d

Massachusetts opioid overdose deaths down 36% in 2024

Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data.

Resurgence of deadly drug could knock Michigan overdose death trend off its decline

Due to the drug's high strength, multiple doses of naloxone could be required to reverse an overdose. The drug's reemergence in the unregulated drug supply is also a concern because it quickly causes nervous system depression which can lead to rapid death, according to the MDHHS.

The Berkshire Eagle · 5d

Fresh numbers show sharp decline in opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts

Massachusetts experienced a more than 36 percent decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2024, the state Substance Addiction Services Bureau reported Wednesday.

29mon MSN

Overdose-related 911 calls continued to peak after ‘bad batch’ distributed in Baltimore, data shows

The day after last week’s mass overdose in West Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood had the most overdose-related 911 calls ...

Fentanyl drug busts are up, overdose deaths down in Utah, task force reports

Utah is on pace to shatter last year's record for the most fentanyl seized by law enforcement as overdose deaths are down, ...

Queen praises opioid OD death decline, wants to push harder in the future

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The trend of declining overdose deaths in the state continues and is now setting a record nationally.

Crain's New York Business5d

City overdose deaths decline to lowest point since 2020 as federal Medicaid cuts loom

There were 498 opioid overdose deaths in the third quarter last year, the lowest number of deaths in a single quarter since ...

3don MSN

Baltimore overdoses: No deaths, at least 27 hospitalized, mayor says

None of the 27 people who overdosed on a suspected bad batch of drugs Thursday in Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood have ...

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Fentanyl deaths fall without a drug war

Over the past decade, far too many lives have been lost to fentanyl-related overdoses. No doubt, many of us here in Southern ...

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