Philadelphia drug overdose deaths fall, but novel substances in the street drug supplies present new dangers

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Philadelphia is seeing a slight drop in drug overdose deaths for the first time in five years, new data shows, but novel substances are gradually overtaking the street drug supply, putting people who use drugs at risk of new health complications.

The city Department of Public Health released final data for 2023 just this week, which showed that there were 1,310 drug overdose deaths that year…

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