The latest CDC data released today show US overdose deaths are down 16.74% from the reported rolling 12-month high of 111,802 in August of 2023 to the reported June 2024 count of 93,087 (the latest reported provisional data available). The CDC also reports overdose deaths in Connecticut are down 24.14% from the state rolling 12-month high of 1,566 set in November of 2021 to the new June 2024 low of 1,188.
Still too high, still too many deaths, but take heart, weary harm reduction workers and other anti-fatal overdose soldiers, you are making a difference. We will win this war.
