Overdose deaths are decreasing in many areas. Listen in to this opioid recovery support group as they discuss why this may be. 

Discussion Guide:

In your experience, are opioid overdose deaths leveling off?

Why would opioid overdose deaths decrease? 

Overdose deaths are on the rise from other substances. Which ones? Why?

Supplemental Reading:

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Carla K. Johnson, US Health Chief Says Overdose Deaths Beginning to Level Off, https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2018-10-23/us-health-chief-says-overdose-deaths-leveling-off

Abby Goodnough, This City's Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/health/opioid-overdose-deaths-dayton.html

Katia DMitrieva, Cocaine Deaths Hit Records in U.S. as Opioid Overdoses Level Off,  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-23/cocaine-deaths-hit-record-in-u-s-as-opioid-overdoses-level-off