Drug overdose deaths dropped by 27% in 2024
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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Drug overdose deaths are down significantly in the United States. Data from the CDC finds there were about 30,000 fewer OD deaths in 2024 compared to the previous year. That’s a 27% drop. Here in Virginia those overdose deaths are reflecting the national average.
A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.
The Trump administration has proposed cutting a $56 million grant that teaches first responders how to use the lifesaving overdose reversal drug naloxone, which experts say could reverse progress the United States has made in lowering opioid overdose deaths.