Claiming "overdose Deaths Fall Again" comes across as rather hollow without mentioning the significant changes in the CDC during the Trump administration. Amongst the many policy shifts, cuts to funding and the 17 person team that was responsible for the survey tracking substance abuse being laid off, indicates to me that comparing the numbers from previous administrations to this administration may be comparing apples to oranges.
Claiming "overdose Deaths Fall Again" comes across as rather hollow without mentioning the significant changes in the CDC during the Trump administration. Amongst the many policy shifts, cuts to funding and the 17 person team that was responsible for the survey tracking substance abuse being laid off, indicates to me that comparing the numbers from previous administrations to this administration may be comparing apples to oranges.
I have to agree. There's also a caveat where certain states are actually under reporting or attributing the deaths to an alternate cause.