ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 New York State is seeing a decrease in overdose deaths. The state saw a 45% drop in overdose deaths from 2022 to 2025, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control.<\/p>\n
In 2022, the state recorded 6,630 overdose deaths, averaging about 18 people each day. Last year, the state recorded 3,775 deaths, about 10 people a day. In a statement, Gov. Kathy Hochul said that although the numbers are trending in the right direction, more still needs to be done to combat the overdose epidemic.<\/p>\n
New York has been using the $500 million it received in opioid settlement funds to support addiction recovery services. That includes funding provided to Monroe County to make Delphi Rise in Gates a 24\/7 treatment c<\/a>enter<\/a>. Earlier this year, county leaders announced a $4.5 million grant to support Delphi Rise over the next five years.<\/p>\n The state has also shipped more than 1.4 million naloxone kits to registered programs statewide. Last year, Monroe County made naloxone available<\/a> at 605 locations. Naloxone, the generic form of Narcan, works by blocking the effects of opioids on the brain and can help to reverse an overdose.<\/p>\n Latest overdose numbers for Monroe County<\/p>\n So far this year, there have been 767 overdoses in Monroe County, 81 of which were deadly, according to the county\u2019s overdose data dashboard<\/a>. In August alone, there were 73 overdoses, 8 of which were deadly. Monroe County has also seen a downward trend<\/a> in overdoses over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n Anyone struggling with addiction can call the state\u2019s 24-hour HOPEline at 1-877-846-7369. All calls are confidential. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0overdose numbers<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Monroe County<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0New York State<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 New York State is seeing a decrease in overdose deaths. The state saw a 45%…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9599,9,11,10,49,51,50,125897],"class_list":["post-334995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-monroe-county","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-overdose-numbers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}