US overdose deaths dropped in 2023, the first time since 2018
Release time：2024-05-21 17:51:37 Source：Global Grid news portal
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：Mohammad Mokhber: Who is Iran’s acting president?
- Next：Britain's new bonkers EV: Callum Skye is an £80k electric buggy built in Warwickshire
Related articles
- Nuggets blow 20
- China, EU Agree to Promote People
- CPC Delegation Visits Trinidad and Tobago
- ACWF and UN Women Working Hand in Hand, Supporting Women in Coping with COVID
- Ohio judge to rule Monday on whether the state’s abortion ban stands
- Huang Addresses Second Women Power Forum, Inaugural Ceremony of HKFW's Board (2021
- Huang Delivers Virtual Speech at G20 Ministerial Conference on Women's Empowerment
- China in the Eyes of Women Diplomats: Ten
- Strictly star Giovanni Pernice's former partner Rose Ayling
- Financial Inclusion for Women Advocated at UN
- Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection after closing some restaurants
- ACWF Calls on Women to Follow Party's Leadership, Embark on New Journey
- Death toll rises to 10 following Taiwan's 7.3
- Aerospace·Dream — Spring Bud Project Launched
- Mystery artist who erected signs comparing pothole
- China in the Eyes of Women Diplomats: Ten
- China Making Great Strides in Women's Cause
- China to keep sharing development fruits with global businesses: vice president
- A warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest was requested. But no decision was made about whether to issue it
- Shen Addresses International Forum 'Ensuring Children's Rights to a Healthy Environment'
Random recommendation
- Copyright © 2024 Powered by US overdose deaths dropped in 2023, the first time since 2018 ,Global Grid news portal sitemap