MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin recorded one of the largest drops in opioid deaths nationwide.
That’s according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health care research nonprofit, which looked at statistics from 2024. Wisconsin and Virginia were tied for the second-largest decline in overdose deaths, at a 44-percent decline. West Virginia led the nation with a 46-percent decrease.
The report found opioid death rates fell in every state in 2024, but it did not identify what specific factors contributed to the decline nationally.