"The data suggests that some of the tools used to combat #opioidoverdoses, such as naloxone, the #overdose-reversing medication, were having a significant impact. But researchers and federal and state health officials have puzzled over the exact reasons for the decrease, including why #overdoses have fallen so much in recent months.

The pace of the decline “is such an anomaly in the last 20 years”."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/us/politics/drug-overdose-deaths-decrease.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M04.WLQJ.VJ0PXyuuZB3x&smid=url-share

Drug Overdose Deaths Are Dropping. The Reasons Are Not Perfectly Clear.

The decrease across the country is a major breakthrough in efforts to reverse the effects of fentanyl. Researchers and health officials say there is no easy explanation for the trend.

The New York Times