The surprise drop in drug overdose deaths in the U.S.

By Noah Caldwell,

Brian Mann, Scott Detrow

Published March 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM EDT

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Brian Mann explores the potential reasons for the surprise drop in overdose deaths across the country, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.

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