Analysis shows a decline in death rates from drug overdose starting August 2023, highlighting supply and demand factors influencing the overdose crisis.
Researchers' intensive focus on drug overdose deaths has uncovered some telling findings about the trajectory of the overdose crisis, pinpointing August 2023 as the start of a pattern of declining death rates that continues today. The “why” of the turnaround remains harder to isolate, with experts citing a myriad of supply‐ and demand‐level actions that likely have had a positive impact.
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