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Merlu@lemmy.ml to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours 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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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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    Nobody has money for drugs

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    Aren’t Republicans now trying to cut the free Naloxone programs now?

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        if harris won, they’d be celebrating how many people would get healthcare and such. Instead, trump won and they’re celebrating how many people they can kill. The two sides are not the same.

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    It’s not really uplifting though because this will immediately reverse

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
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      “Good things can’t be good because they could be bad”

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        If say it’s uplifting, but not really news.

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    And this year the number will double!

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    Well that’s about to shoot right back up

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      Then he’ll be back onto invading Mexico, and war with the Cartels

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    Calm before the storm.

    Although we probably won’t know how bad it gets because our government will probably stop tracking stats so everyone thinks everything is fine.

    Mark my words on that one.

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    Also of note, 2024 was the year legalized weed went into effect in Ohio.

    Does cause equal corralation? Maybe not. But let’s also maybe do a report on where opiotes usage went in 2024 in Ohio.

    I think there was another state that legalized in 2024 too.

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      This was a very short term study at the time, but Colorado saw some 6%, or .7 deaths per month, reduction from time of legalization in 2014 to the end of 2015. Would love to see a longer term study.

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        Wait…so, they had 30 deaths TOTAL in the year 2000?

        Damn. I’m fairly sure Ohio in 2015 was in the thousands.

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    Americans have historicaly had problems buying drugs. It’s just a slump (pun intended) in economy. America will be great any day now…

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    As you can see, Trump is saving the United States.

    😏

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