"This is the largest recorded reduction in overdose deaths, and the sixth consecutive month of reported decreases," White House officials said in a statement.
Brad Finegood, who coordinates overdose and addiction programs in King County, Wash., pointed to a 22% decline in fatal overdoses in the first nine months of this year. "That for us represents an extremely significant decline," Finegood said.
Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan noted that New York's small decline in drug deaths represents the beginning, the green shoots of progress, reversing a four-year trend of rising fatalities.
Public health experts highlighted concern that some communities, especially Blacks and Native Americans, are not yet seeing significant declines in overdose deaths.
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