US drug overdose deaths fell by nearly 27% last year, reaching lowest levels since 2019: CDC

US drug overdose deaths fell by nearly 27% last year, reaching lowest levels since 2019: CDC Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new federal report published Wednesday morning. The provisional report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics found nationwide drug overdose deaths fell from 110,037 in 2023 to 80,391 in 2024. This represents a decline of 26.9% and the lowest figure of annual drug overdose deaths since 2019,...