SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- For the second year in a row, San Diego County has seen a significant drop in overdose deaths, according to new data released by the San Diego County Substance Use and Overdose Prevention Taskforce (SUOPT). • The Nexstar Media video above explains the different schedules of drugs

In 2024, 945 people died from drug overdoses, a 21% decrease from 2023 and 25% drop from the county's 2022 peak. That equates to a rate of 27.2 deaths per 100,000 residents.

While health officials welcomed the downward trend, they cautioned that the numbers still reveal serious and persistent disparities among different demographic and geographic groups. Here's a breakdown of who is most affected: • Men died at nearly three times the rate of women (40.9 vs. 13.3 per 100,000) • Bla

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