Nearly 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to a report released May 13 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s down 14% from 2024. The new total mirrors that of 2019, before the COVID pandemic. The third straight year-to-year decline is the longest in decades, according to The Associated Press.

Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths have dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis. The drop comes as a shrinking fentanyl supply has made the drug weaker and less deadly and volunteer efforts ...

Florida’s drug overdose deaths continued to decline in 2025, according to state data released Wednesday. Opioid-caused deaths fell by 42 percent from January 2025 to June 2025, and fentanyl-caused deaths fell 46 percent,

Milwaukee County opioid overdose deaths are down, but LaToya Nash’s family says her Mother’s Day weekend death shows the crisis still leaves families grieving across Milwaukee.

Our treatment, our intervention, our harm reduction, our recovery services, those are working,” said Vermont Department of Health Interim Deputy Commissioner Shayla Livingston.