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Fentanyl deaths are falling. What’s behind the decline?

The evidence points to changes in the drug supply

So much has happened in America in recent months that one big positive story has probably got less attention than it deserves. A few weeks ago, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published data showing that fentanyl deaths have been declining for 11 straight months, and now stand 20 per cent below their 2023 peak.

This is a stunning turnaround in the opioid epidemic that has been ravaging the country for more than a decade, killing hundreds of thousands, and has reduced US male life expectancy by a whole year.

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