MedCity News March 9, 2025
While the drop in drug overdose deaths is promising, and could potentially be partially attributed to the efforts of the federal government, we must remain cognizant about the sheer number of lives we continue to lose every year to overdose.
The overdose crisis has been a pressing public health issue for many decades now and has claimed the lives of over 1,000,000 people in the United States. Specifically, opioids have been responsible for a staggering 72% of these deaths. Especially at the start of the pandemic, there was a significant uptick in the number of overdose deaths, but many efforts were undertaken on the part of federal and local agencies, hospitals and clinics, and community organizations in response to this,...
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