US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes

AP News – Wednesday, May 13, 2026
By Mike Stobbe

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data.

It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest decline in decades, according to federal data released Wednesday. The 2025 total is about the same as the tally in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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