
Drug overdose deaths slow after reaching record highs in 2021, CDC data shows
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The rate of drug overdose deaths has slowed from record-high levels, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC estimated that there have been 107,735 predicted overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended on July 2022.
If the numbers are confirmed, this would be the ninth month in a row that the rate of increasing overdose deaths has slowed, and the fourth month in a row that there has been a decrease in 12-month rolling totals, the White House said in a statement Wednesday.

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