Least death from an overdose in the US since 2019 …
The number of death cases from an overdose in the US has decreased in 2024. Almost by 27 percent, which is at least since 2019, according to federal estimates published on Wednesday. The number of deaths in 2024 in the US from an overdose overdose was 80,391 compared to 110,037 years before, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
« Since the end of 2023, the death cases of overdose are continuously falling every month, which is a strong sign that public health interventions make a difference and have a meaningful effect, » CDC said in a statement.
Overdose is still a leading cause of death among Americans between the ages of 18 and 44, according to CDC.
The number of death cases from Fentanil, a strong synthetic opioid that has taken a lot of life in recent years, has also fallen with about 76,000 in 2023 to 48,422 last year.
Fentanil is still at the center of the crisis and the largest individual cause of death from an overdose in the country.
This improvement occurred during President Joe Biden, whose administration facilitated access to substitution therapies and made a wide availability of Naksolon drug with a stone foundation against drugs against drugs.
However, experts warn that recent White House Savings measures could reverse that trend and endanger progress in the fight against abuse of painkillers.
