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Reporting on how America reduced the number of opioid deaths

2025/3/30
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Brian Mann: 我每月都会查看美国各地药物过量死亡人数的联邦统计数据。多年来,这个数字一直在上升,但在2023年末,疾病控制与预防中心的数据突然显示出下降趋势。起初我以为是偶然事件,但接下来的几个月也出现了同样的情况。不仅如此,我还在街头采访中听到了同样的说法。人们告诉我,情况有所好转,死亡人数有所减少。这在美国药物危机历史上是前所未有的。以往的干预措施最多只能减少8%-9%的药物过量死亡人数,而现在有些州的药物过量死亡人数下降了50%。 拜登政府上任后,立即采取了重大措施来应对阿片类药物危机。他们增加了纳洛酮的供应,使得更容易获得药物成瘾治疗和药物辅助治疗。拜登政府在任期间,阿片类药物过量死亡人数下降了约25%。然而,拜登政府并没有就阿片类药物过量死亡人数的下降问题进行高调宣传。 就我个人而言,吸毒成瘾毁了我的家庭。我深知成瘾的痛苦,也了解到成瘾可以通过政策、医疗保健和科学来解决。复发是药物成瘾的正常组成部分,但如果能帮助人们活得足够长,他们就有很大的机会康复。 Nabaran Dasgupta: 作为一名在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校从事药物成瘾研究的资深研究人员,看到药物过量死亡人数以这种方式下降,我感到非常震惊。这完全出乎我的意料,也是我们30年来一直期待的转变。 Scott Detrow: (作为主持人,Scott Detrow主要负责引导对话,并没有提出自己的核心论点,而是引导Brian Mann阐述观点) Kamala Harris: (通过Brian Mann转述) 特朗普政府阻挠了增加边境安全措施的努力,这导致芬太尼涌入美国。 Donald Trump: (通过Brian Mann转述) 他会阻止芬太尼流入美国,并声称在他任职期间,药物过量死亡人数降到了32年来的最低点。然而,事实并非如此,在他第一任期内,芬太尼在美国迅速蔓延,药物过量死亡人数激增。 Scout Gilson: (通过Brian Mann转述) 在拜登政府增加纳洛酮供应之前,一线人员不得不权衡是否要使用纳洛酮来挽救他人的生命,因为他们不知道如何获得更多纳洛酮。

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NPR reporter Brian Mann's observation of a significant, unexpected drop in opioid overdose deaths across the US. This decline is unprecedented in the history of the American drug crisis, reaching levels of decrease never seen before, with some states experiencing 50% drops in a single year.
  • Unprecedented drop in opioid overdose deaths across the US
  • Declines as high as 50% in some states
  • Never before seen in the history of the American drug crisis

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After reaching historic levels, fatal overdoses from opioids are dropping rapidly. Today we bring you a reporter's notebook from NPR's national addiction correspondent Brian Mann). He tells host Scott Detrow) what it's been like to cover America's addiction crisis and explains the significance of the recent decline in opioid deaths. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org).Email us at [email protected]).Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)