| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. Overdose Deaths Suddenly Dropped, Per Data That’s Always Been Kinda Iffy
USA. Overdose Deaths Suddenly Dropped, Per Data That’s Always Been Kinda Iffy
Between April 2023 and April 2024, drug-related deaths across the country appear to have fallen more than 10 percent. Provisional data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a sharp drop-off in most states that’s unprecedented in the United States overdose crisis, putting the fatality rate back around where it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. (Filter, USA, 19.09.2024)