KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Drug overdose deaths dropped significantly in Missouri and Kansas in 2024, new data shows. In Missouri, there was a 28% drop in drug overdose deaths from December 2023 to ...

A first-of-its-kind audit report released Thursday revealed that 36 deaths in police custody should have been deemed homicides. Instead, they were misclassified as undetermined, accidental or ...

Drug overdose deaths fell from 110,037 in 2023 to 80,391 in 2024. Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new federal ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Drug deaths plummeted in 2024, according to new federal data. An estimated 80,391 people died of a drug overdose in the U.S. last year ...

Drug overdose deaths fell by 27 percent in 2024, according to the provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The drop represents a significant ...

An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a comprehensive review of ...

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There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according ...

Drug overdose deaths in the United States made an unprecedented drop to the lowest they’ve been in five years, according to a new federal government estimate released Wednesday. During the Covid ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 deaths in police custody that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a ...

Provisional tallies from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics show there were slightly more than 80,000 overdose deaths last year, down 27% from 2023. Among the states with the most ...

The DPA is a non-profit agency based in New York City that seeks to reduce overdose deaths with harm reduction and evidence-based methodology. "We believe it's going to exacerbate the overdose ...