Overdose Deaths Are Down - Rogue River Press

CDC reports drug overdose deaths decline 27% in 2024

With 87,000 drug overdose deaths reported from October 2023 to September 2024, this number is down from around 114,000 in the previous year.

Overdose Deaths Are Down - Rogue River Press

OHA Continues To Focus On Programs With Proven Impact To Get At Root Causes Of Addiction, Address Behavioral Health Needs Across Oregon Oregon’s overdose deaths decreased 22% between December 2023 and December 2024, a trend similar to that experienced nationwide, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. “It is heartening to see this decrease in deaths due to overdose in Oregon, but the total still remains f…

A Fragile Victory: Why Falling U.S. Overdose Deaths Signal Progress—but Not Relief

A decline in death doesn’t mean the epidemic is over. But it might mean the country is finally listening. In an unexpected and long-awaited turn, preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in early May showed a 27% year-over-year decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths, marking the sharpest drop in two decades. The figure, a decrease from approximately 109,000 deaths in 2023 to just under 80,000 in 2024, has t…