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Around 70,655 deaths linked to opioids like heroin and estimates, falling 18% from the same time in 2023 .
Almost all states, except for a handful in the West from Alaska through Nevada , are now seeing a significant decrease in overdose death rates.
Other types of drug overdoses beyond opioids are also slowing.
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