Because, as the article mentions, the overdose deaths figures were just released? The article also mentions the budget you’re referring to—which hasn’t passed yet—and has a link to an article exactly about that aspect.
Without the complete provisional data through the years’ end, Vox could not conclude that “some 27,000 fewer Americans died of a drug overdose in 2024 than in 2023. That year-on-year drop is the steepest single-year decline since the government first began keeping track of overdose deaths 45 years ago. It means that drug deaths are now finally coming back down to pre-pandemic levels — and that we can make progress on what can seem like the most intractable social ills.”
right as we make changes
The proposed budget has not passed yet. A headline mentioning “Naloxone program that turned tide on overdoses cut by new budget” will go out if/once it passes with that provision, and it cannot go out before, since otherwise the changes haven’t been made and there’s a chance it won’t. Like I’ve mentioned, a linked article already discusses how the budget provision will cut naloxone programs more.
disingenuous
How is it misrepresenting anything? The entire article is about the precise narcan program methods the article attributes the success to with a clear message that it should continue and is being threatened by the proposed budget.
Because, as the article mentions, the overdose deaths figures were just released? The article also mentions the budget you’re referring to—which hasn’t passed yet—and has a link to an article exactly about that aspect.
The last batch of figures showed the same thing months ago.
This trend was already shifting. Showing these stats right as we make changes that will negatively effect them feels disingenuous
Without the complete provisional data through the years’ end, Vox could not conclude that “some 27,000 fewer Americans died of a drug overdose in 2024 than in 2023. That year-on-year drop is the steepest single-year decline since the government first began keeping track of overdose deaths 45 years ago. It means that drug deaths are now finally coming back down to pre-pandemic levels — and that we can make progress on what can seem like the most intractable social ills.”
The proposed budget has not passed yet. A headline mentioning “Naloxone program that turned tide on overdoses cut by new budget” will go out if/once it passes with that provision, and it cannot go out before, since otherwise the changes haven’t been made and there’s a chance it won’t. Like I’ve mentioned, a linked article already discusses how the budget provision will cut naloxone programs more.
How is it misrepresenting anything? The entire article is about the precise narcan program methods the article attributes the success to with a clear message that it should continue and is being threatened by the proposed budget.