Overdose Deaths Dropped in U.S. in 2023 for First Time in Five Years

Preliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a rise in deaths from meth and cocaine.Preliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a rise in deaths from meth and cocaine.Read Moreyour-feed-science, Deaths (Fatalities), Drug Abuse and Traffic, Opioids and Opiates, Methamphetamines, Naloxone (Drug), Fentanyl, Two Thousand Twenty Three, Cocaine and Crack Cocaine, National Center for Health Statistics, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States, Oregon, your-feed-healthcareNYT > Health