Opioid overdoses fell significantly in 2018 for first time in decades, provisional CDC data show

Provisional data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that fatal drug overdoses fell 5.1% from 2017 to 2018. If confirmed when the final data is released later this year, the 2018 figure could represent the first significant decline in drug overdose deaths since the 1990s."The latest provisional data on overdose deaths show that America's united efforts to curb opioid use disorder and addiction are working," said Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar in