US Overdose Deaths Decline in 45 States Through August 2025

DAVID MARCUS: Secure border brings plummeting overdose deaths, but don't expect Trump to get credit

Drug overdose deaths drop to estimated 73,000 in 2025 under President Donald Trump, down from 110,000 peak in 2022 during Biden administration.

MAGA allies thank Trump after overdoses decline — but the report tells a different story

Donald Trump's allies and supporters were quick to thank the president after a new report showed that U.S. overdose deaths fell throughout the first year of the second Trump presidency, but the report itself suggests that MAGA policies could actually be making the situation worse.In a report called "US overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals," ABC noted, "U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting…

Good News: Two-Year Drop in Overdose Deaths Hits Historic Stretch Amid Cartel Crackdowns

A grim American trend is finally bending the right way. New federal data released this week shows U.S. overdose deaths fell throughout most of last year — a sign the country may be turning a corner in an epidemic that worsened for generations. Deaths have now been dropping for more than two years — the longest decline in decades. But the pace of the decline is starting to slow. Experts say the crisis is still far from “normal.” The monthly death…

Delayed CDC Data Show the Drop in Overdose Deaths Has Slowed Down

On January 14 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its monthly provisional overdose death count—the first such update since September 2025, before routine government operations were disrupted by the federal shutdown. The newly released data cover the 12-month period leading up to August 2025 and show that the death rate is still dropping, but not as sharply as it has been. The United States has so far recorded 69,172 overdose…

Decline in overdose deaths slowing: Government data

New data shows a decline in drug overdose deaths in 2025, though it was a smaller decrease than the year prior.

U.S. Overdose Deaths Fell Through Most of 2025, Federal Data Reveal

(MedPage Today) -- U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades. Federal data released Wednesday showed that overdose deaths have been falling for more...