Fentanyl Related Deaths Are Surging In Black American Communities - Themetechmount News
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From 2021 to 2023, overdose deaths increased by 12% in the black population while decreasing by 11% in the white population. Fentanyl and cocaine, usually together, are the top drugs. Crude rates for black individuals of both genders surpassed those for white individuals for fentanyl and psychostimulants in 2018, creating a gap that widened through 2020.
While the majority of overdose deaths among the black community involve fentanyl, many of these overdose deaths also involve cocaine. Black people have the highest rates of cocaine.