Watch Trust for America’s Health’s (TFAH) for a national webinar and congressional briefing on our recently released report, Pain in the Nation 2025: The Epidemics of Alcohol, Drug, and Suicide Deaths.
TFAH’s Pain in the Nation 2025 report found that over 200,000 Americans died from alcohol, drugs, and suicide in 2023. While this marks a decline from 2022, deaths remain more than double what they were two decades ago. The report highlights improvements in alcohol and drug-related mortality, but disparities persist. Only white Americans saw a drop in overdose deaths, and rates of such deaths remained highest in communities of color. Furthermore, while the reported data represents real progress, current and potential federal funding cuts, public health workforce reductions, and proposed federal agency reorganizations could undermine it.
The briefing included time for Q&A from the audience.
