LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – New research by KFF, a health policy organization, shows Nebraska has the lowest opioid overdose death rate in the country—just 8.58 deaths per 100,000 people.
That’s well below the national average of more than 31.
In 2023, the CDC reported that Nebraska recorded 172 overdose deaths, and opioids were involved in just under half of them…