59% Of Overdose Deaths Involved Stimulants From 2021 To 2024

During January 2021–June 2024, 59.0% of overall overdose deaths involved stimulants, according to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Looking back further, stimulant-involved overdose death rates increased during the time period from 2018 to 2023, the report stated. Cocaine's rate went from 4.5 per 100,000 population to 8.6 during 2018 to 2023, and the rate for psychostimulants, primarily methamphetamine, went from 3.9 to 10.4 during that time period, the report stated.

Increases in stimulant-involved deaths suggest the need for expanded access to . . .