Opioid addiction and overdoses are increasingly harming Black ...

The death rate among Black Americans increased by 44%, the greatest increase among all racial and ethnic groups, and double that for white Americans.

Massachusetts opioid-related overdose deaths rose 2.5 percent in ...

Black residents accounted for the largest increase in opioid overdose death rates.

Vital Signs: Drug Overdose Deaths, by Selected Sociodemographic ...

Second, drug overdose death rates increased with increasing county-level income inequality, particularly among Black persons, among whom the ...

Focus on Racial Equity - Opioid Principles

In particular, people of color are more likely to face criminal justice involvement for their drug use. Black individuals represent just 5% of people who use ...

Evidence on Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic - NCBI

In particular, drug trafficking organizations increasingly use fentanyl to adulterate black market heroin and counterfeit pills that have been stamped to ...

Philadelphia Records More than 1400 Overdose Deaths in 2022

The Health Department also found that the number of Black and Hispanic individuals dying from drug overdose continues to increase; from 2018 to ...

Identifying drivers of increasing opioid overdose deaths among ...

Black individuals in the USA face disproportionate increases in rates of fatal opioid overdose despite federal efforts to mitigate the ...

Overdose Prevention Strategy - HHS.gov

People without health insurance, or who were incarcerated, or who are living in poverty are at increased risk of fatal opioid overdose. Source: MDAC Study ...

Continuing Crisis: Drug Overdose Deaths in New York

Any death caused by misuse of legal or illicit drugs is a tragedy, depriving families of loved ones and damaging communities in countless ways.

Drug Overdose Deaths Rise, Disparities Widen | VitalSigns - CDC

2 X In counties with more income inequality, overdose death rates for Black people were more than two times as high as in counties with less ...

Increasing overdose deaths among Black Americans: a review of the ...

In 2020, opioid overdose fatalities among Black Americans surpassed those among White Americans for the first time in US history.

North Carolina Reports 22% Increase In Overdose Deaths | NCDHHS

The percentage by which overdose death rates increased from 2019 rates to 2021 rates was highest among Black/African American people with a 139% ...

US Drug Overdose Mortality Rates by Race and Ethnicity Before and ...

Overdose death rates per 100 000 among Black individuals increased from 24.7 in 2019 to 36.8 in 2020, which was 16.3% higher than that for White ...

Drug Overdose Deaths Among Non-Hispanic Black Men in the U.S.

Non-Hispanic Black men have been disproportionately harmed by this latest surge; overdose mortality per 100,000 has increased fourfold since 2015. Whether the ...

AMA Overdose Epidemic Report - American Medical Association

... drug-related harms while increasing access to naloxone, harm ... Drug-related overdose and death disproportionately impact. Black and Brown ...

Drug Overdose Deaths in Big Cities | Urban Health Collaborative

Lower opioid prescriptions to Black patients partially protected them during the early period of the opioid epidemic that was fueled by over-prescribing; ...

U.S. overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives - NPR

He believes the national decline in street drug deaths is now at least 15 percent and could mean as many as 20,000 fewer fatalities per year. " ...

BPHC Reminds Residents About Dangers of Opioids ... - Boston.gov

Opioid overdose deaths among Black individuals in Boston increased by 29% from 2021-2022, and deaths among Latinx individuals increased by 9% ...

DPH report: Massachusetts opioid-related overdose deaths ...

The data also show Black non-Hispanic residents continue to be disproportionately impacted by fatal opioid overdoses. Among Black non-Hispanic ...

How Philadelphia is responding to the overdose crisis in 2023

Overdoses are increasing in communities of color. In 2021, Black Philadelphians aged 35-44 died from unintentional overdose more than any ...