There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

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 to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday. That’s down 27% from the 110,000 in 2023.

The CDC has been collecting comparable data for 45 years. The previous largest one-year drop was 4% in 2018, according to the agency’s National Center for Health Statistics.

  • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
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    7 hours ago

    I’m neither, but ok.

    My comment acknowledged that life can be hard, but admittedly assumed that a lot of stressors are outside the home. Plenty of stressors inside the home as well of course, but I was just mentioning what my first thoughts were. I passed absolutely no judgement in my comment, to my knowledge. Please feel free to let me know what part came off as judgmental. That was not my intention.

    I’m not saying my life is difficult, but just because someone is not involved in drug use doesn’t mean that they’ve had it easy.

      • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
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        6 hours ago

        You’re the one that brought up my age and what you perceived to be my life experience and then suggested I not judge people. I’m not making it about me. I’m making my position clear, since apparently it was not understood. I don’t want there to be any confusion. Best of luck.