CDC reports overdose deaths down nationwide

by Rodney Dunigan

Fri, June 28th 2019, 10:22 PM UTC

FILE - This Aug. 29, 2018, file photo shows an arrangement of Oxycodone pills in New York. A new study shoots down the notion that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths. Chelsea Shover of Stanford University School of Medicine and colleagues reported the findings Monday, June 10, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

A new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated that the number of people killed by overdoses is down. Experts pointing out nationwide a major turnaround is underway. (WSYX/WTTE)

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FILE - This Aug. 29, 2018, file photo shows an arrangement of Oxycodone pills in New York. A new study shoots down the notion that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths. Chelsea Shover of Stanford University School of Medicine and colleagues reported the findings Monday, June 10, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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