U.S. overdose deaths fell 27% in 2024, a new 1-year record
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 per cent from the 110,000 in 2023. The CDC has…