“US overdose mortality saw first drop below the Jalal-Burke exponential growth curve in 2024” by @josephrfriedman.bsky.social and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social what factors most contributed to the 2024 overdose mortality decline?
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Between 1979 and 2016, US overdose death rates rose in a smooth fashion, described by Jalal and Burke using an exponential growth curve that fit obser…