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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

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US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

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It’s not really uplifting though because this will immediately reverse
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  “Good things can’t be good because they could be bad”
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    I’d say it’s uplifting, but not really news.

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