Naloxone and harm reduction measures may be helping to curb drug overdose deaths, a new report says. research patients Physicians Newsletters Log In My Account Subscribe Now My Account Settings Complete your personal information for a more tailored experience Billing Log Out Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Newsletters Log In My Account Subscribe Now Biotech Pharma Public Health Health Tech Policy Science First Opinion STAT+ STAT Events Search Log In Try STAT+ My Account Home The wide availability of naloxone has contributed to the drop in overdose deaths. YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images By Theresa Gaffney Theresa…
From 2021 to 2023, more than 105,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose each year — tens of thousands more than the already high rates seen in the lead-up to the Covid pandemic. Then, suddenly, the death rates dropped.
In 2024, U.S. overdose deaths decreased 27%. Preliminary data from 2025 show another meaningful drop, though overdose mortality is still quite high. Other countries with major overdose problems also saw fewer deaths: In Scotland, there was a 13% decrease in 2024, and in Canada, 9%.
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