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Opioid overdoses fell significantly in 2018 for first time in decades, provisional CDC data show

(Patrick Sison | AP Photo) This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s addiction crisis accelerated from 2006 to 2012.