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Dr. Arwen Podesta (left), Pineville Mayor Joseph Bishop (center) and Dr. Peter Croughan (right), of Louisiana’s Opioid Abatement Task Force, view data from the Louisiana Opioid Surveillance Program in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Wednesday, December 3, 2025. The state saw a 31% decrease in drug-involved overdose deaths from 2023 to 2024.
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Gulf States Newsroom
An expert with the Louisiana Opioid Surveillance Program says that the decrease in deaths coincides with an increase in treatment and harm reduction.
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