Overdose deaths in Indiana fell by 18-percent in 2023 compared to 2022.
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that is the second-highest percentage drop in the country.
Overdoses caused two-thousand-190 deaths in Indiana last year compared to two-thousand-666 in 2022.
Governor Holcomb says hours after he was sworn in as governor in 2017, he signed an executive order creating a new cabinet-level position dedicated to reversing the trend of overdose deaths.
