New research from the University of Missouri St. Louis’s Addiction Science team found a 26% drop in overdoses statewide and a 36% decrease in opioid overdoses.

The data covered overdose deaths in 2024 and confirmed that nearly every region of Missouri experienced a decrease.

Director of Addiction Science Rachel Winograd said this decrease can be attributed to a handful of factors including distribution of naloxone products.

Naloxone is a drug that can undo the effects of an opioid overdose when administered.

In the Addiction Science team’s Annual Naloxone Report for Missouri, they found that every county in Missouri received naloxone products in the 2025 fiscal year. This nearly doubled the amount given out the year prior.

Winograd says naloxone distribution has been important to the

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