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Fewer deaths, new substances and evolving treatments in Philly’s opioid epidemic − 4 essential reads

  • Written by Kate Kilpatrick, Philadelphia Editor
imageOpioid overdose deaths in Philly dropped in 2023. Data for 2024 has not yet been released. Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-NC-SA

In Philadelphia, fatal overdoses are the No. 3 cause of death after heart disease and cancer. That’s been the case each year since 2016, except in 2020 and 2021 when COVID-19 deaths outpaced overdose deaths....

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