Forbes February 1, 2025
A Commonwealth Fund study on drug overdoses in the United States reported last month that more than 100,000 lives were lost in 2023—a more than 50% jump since 2019. By a substantial margin, the U.S. has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the world at 324 deaths per one million people. However, there are signs that harm reduction policies put in place by the Biden administration to address the crisis may be helping, with fatal overdoses dropping 14.5% between 2022 and 2023. The future of these policies is unclear under the new Trump administration.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has said that he would prioritize combatting the drug epidemic....
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