The Overdose Numbers Are Falling. Cocaine Is the Exception Nobody's Toasting.

National overdose deaths dropped for a third straight year, but stimulant-only deaths kept climbing — and the one treatment that works for cocaine use disorder is still walled off from most Medicaid patients.

CDC data show overdose deaths falling nationally, but stimulant-only deaths are rising, and Medicaid coverage for the one treatment that works, contingency management, remains rare.