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🧘 Health & WellnessU.S. Overdose Deaths Drop 21% in Historic Two-Year Decline
After decades of worsening overdose deaths, America has seen 21 months of continuous decline, with deaths dropping 21% to an estimated 73,000 lives lost in the year ending August 2025. Forty-five states are experiencing fewer overdose deaths in what researchers call an encouraging shift in a crisis that claimed nearly 110,000 lives at its 2022 peak.
🧘 Health & WellnessU.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Drop Significantly, Offering Hope for Safer Future
The United States has seen a remarkable one-third decrease in drug overdose deaths over the past two years, reversing a four-decade upward trend. New research reveals this encouraging shift began in mid-2023, bringing renewed optimism to families and communities affected by the overdose crisis.