3 addiction and drug policy issues to watch in 2025

The new year and new presidential administration could mark a significant shift in the U.S. response to the opioid crisis. 

While drug deaths trended steadily upward under President Donald Trump, they skyrocketed during Covid-19 and in the early years of the Biden administration, reaching an annual peak of roughly 110,000 in 2023. Though overdose mortality has since begun to decline, the toxic, fentanyl-driven illicit drug supply is still killing Americans at astonishing rates. 

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