Drug overdose deaths slow after reaching record highs in 2021, CDC data shows

The rate of drug overdose deaths has slowed from record-high levels, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

The CDC estimated that there have been 107,735 predicted overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended on July 2022. 

If the numbers are confirmed, this would be the ninth month in a row that the rate of increasing overdose deaths has slowed, and the fourth month in a row that there has been a decrease in 12-month rolling totals, the White House said in a statement Wednesday.