Opioid addiction and overdoses are increasingly harming Black ...
Opiate Overdoses Spike in Black Philadelphians, But Drop in White ...
While it has been reported that opioid overdose deaths have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study looking at data in ...
When a drug epidemic's victims are white - Vox
Another issue is that the opioid epidemic is fundamentally rooted in the health care system, giving it a natural starting point to becoming a ...
We Can't Go Cold Turkey: Why Suppressing Drug Markets ...
Today, there are many chronic opioid users unlikely to stop consuming when painkillers become scarce. With black-market heroin increasingly tainted by fentanyl, ...
Opioid overdose - World Health Organization (WHO)
Worldwide, about 600 000 deaths were attributable to drug use in 2019. Close to 80% of these deaths are related to opioids, with about 25% of ...
Operation Engage Philadelphia - DEA.gov
In 2022, there were 1,413 unintentional drug overdose deaths, an 11% increase from 2021. This increase was most prevalent among non-Hispanic Black individuals, ...
Overdose Deaths and Jail Incarceration - National trends and racial…
Despite similar levels of drug use compared to white people, Black people and other people of color have been disproportionately criminalized for drug-related ...
Oregon Health Authority : Fentanyl : Opioid Overdose and Misuse
The number of unintentional overdose deaths related to illicitly manufactured fentanyl nearly quadrupled between 2020 and 2022, increasing from 223 to 843 ...
The Epidemic of Black Women Overdoses - Penn LDI
Much of the conversation around drug overdoses spotlights the groups with the highest fatality rates, which are usually men. We presented ...
Overdose deaths due to fentanyl spark debate over treatment - NPR
Hopes dashed for a quick solution to the overdose crisis · A U.S. drug death every 4 1/2 minutes and no quick fixes · As deaths soar, more ...
Fatal Drug Overdoses Are Dropping. Not Everyone Is Spared.
Federal officials have celebrated a striking drop in drug overdoses across the country. But state-level data shows that Black people are ...
Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic | Council on Foreign Relations
More than 1,500 Americans per week die from taking some type of opioid, making the drug by far the leading cause of fatal overdoses in the ...
Tackling the Opioid Crisis Requires a Whole-of-Government, Society ...
The United States has the world's highest rate of opioid-involved deaths. ... Since 1999, more than 1 million people have died from drug overdoses ...
The Impact of Fentanyl on the Opioid Crisis and Role of Social ...
Fentanyl has been permeating the illicit drug market causing an increase in dependency and high rates of overdose. The opioid crisis has been ...
Overdose Deaths Caused by Opioids in Combination with ...
New NYU Langone research finds opioid and stimulant overdose deaths rose by more than three times the rate among Black Americans.
How the fentanyl crisis' fourth wave has hit every corner of the US
More Americans than ever are dying from fentanyl overdoses as the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic crashes through every community, in every corner of the ...
Problem Spotlight: The opioid crisis - Luminary Labs
Opioid addiction is impacting millions of families — and their extended communities — across the country. Children and teens are increasingly at risk of ...
Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia
In 2017 alone, there were 70,237 recorded drug overdose deaths; of those deaths, 47,600 involved an opioid. A report from December 2017 estimated that 130 ...
The Fentanyl Crisis Requires Ongoing and Strategic Federal Action
More than two thirds (68%) of the reported 107,081 drug overdose deaths in 2022 involved illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Black Americans and ...
Dose of Reality: Opioids in Wisconsin
Opioids are powerful drugs. Prescription pain relievers, fentanyl, and heroin hurt Wisconsin residents every day. More people die of opioid overdoses in ...
Modelling opioid-related deaths during the overdose crisis
Scenario 3 (red line): If health interventions prevent 60% of opioid-related deaths from April 2022 through June 2023, and the level of fentanyl ...