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Fatal Drug Overdoses Spike Among Black Americans During Pandemic: Study


By Cherranda Smith
Mar 3, 2021
A new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a surge in fatal drug overdoses across the country, some experts say Black Americans have suffered the most. 
“It wasn’t until we started looking at the level of race and ethnicity that we realized Black and brown communities are being disproportionately affected,” Dr.
Utsha Khatri, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, told NPR. 
Though the CDC doesn’t gather data on overdose deaths by race, Khatri’s team reviewed data collected in Philadelphia over the course of the pandemic. They found overdose deaths among the city’s Black residents increased more than 50%, while overdose deaths in white residents remained the same or even decreased in some months.  ....

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Drug Overdose Deaths Surge Among Black Americans During Pandemic


Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say fatal drug overdoses nationwide surged roughly 20% during the pandemic, killing more than 83,000 people in 2020. A growing body of research suggests Black Americans have suffered the heaviest toll.
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Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say fatal drug overdoses nationwide surged roughly 20% during the pandemic, killing more than 83,000 people in 2020. A growing body of research suggests Black Americans have suffered the heaviest toll.
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