Provisional mortality statistics from the CDC indicate a slight reduction in opioid overdose deaths nationally in the United States. However, there is a small spike in cocaine and methamphetamine deaths suggesting alternative substance abuse modalities.
“The prediction was for 107,500 deaths, of which 81,000 would occur from opioid overdoses,” a CDC representative said during a meeting with a prescription opioid abuse prevention group in Washington, D.C. “The opioid number is a