Recent surge in U.S. drug overdose deaths has hit Black men the hardest

By artappraiser on Wed, 01/19/2022 - 11:42pm |

As recently as 2015, Black men in the US were much less likely than American Indian and White men to die from drug overdoses. Since then, the fatality rate among Black men has more than tripled (+213%) and they're now the demographic group most at risk. https://t.co/EnMxzlR5Wn pic.twitter.com/eOQ5AQvFyd
— John Gramlich (@johngramlich) January 19, 2022

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https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/01/19/recent-surge-in-u-s-drug-overdose-deaths-has-hit-black-men-the-hardest/

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There are quite a few people in the black community, desperate for some opportunity to show malice and cruelty after feeling powerless most their lives, who prematurely celebrated the rise of meth addiction in white America. I have met them. This can't be good news for such people.

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by artappraiser on Sat, 01/22/2022 - 11:25pm

Recent surge in U.S. drug overdose deaths has hit Black men the hardest

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