Source: Fox News
“Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell by more than 20% last year, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on the country’s porous borders. ‘The fall begins at the end of the Biden administration, but the question is, was it in anticipation of a tough-on-crime president coming in?’ said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and adjunct criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley. According to the data, which looked at deaths through August 2025, they were on the rise going into Trump’s first term but remained largely flat, then they spiked and plateaued when President Joe Biden took office. While the CDC did not provide a reason for the decline, it coincides with stronger border enforcement.” (01/20/25)