Medicine's Ryan Marino on the decrease in nationwide overdose deaths

Drug overdose deaths in Florida down to pre-pandemic levels

USA Today network: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, said overdose deaths dropped about 30% nationwide, including in Florida, due to changes in drug supply and usage. He noted xylazine may be diluting fentanyl, reducing fatal overdoses, and emphasized that rising detections of treatment drugs like methadone reflect increased access—not new dangers.