US overdose deaths may be peaking, but experts are wary
New government data suggests U.S. overdose deaths have stopped rising, but many experts are urging caution.
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New government data suggests U.S. overdose deaths have stopped rising, but many experts are urging caution.
Preliminary data shows the 107,600 fatalities estimated in the year to June 2022, the latest available, were 40 fewer than the tally in the 2021 calendar year.
Have U.S. drug overdose deaths stopped rising? Preliminary government data suggests they may have, but many experts are urging caution, noting that past plateaus didn't last.
NEW YORK — Have U.S. drug overdose deaths stopped rising? Preliminary government data suggests they may have, but many experts are urging caution, noting that past plateaus didn’t last. U.S. overdose death rates began steadily climbing in the 1990s driven by opioid painkillers, followed by waves of deaths led by
Have U.S. drug overdose deaths stopped rising? Preliminary government data suggests they may have, but many experts are urging caution, noting that past plateaus didn't last.