| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Opioid Epidemic Weighs Financially On Black Community
Opioid Epidemic Weighs Financially On Black Community
For the past several years, American attention has been fixated on fighting opioid overdoses, revealing communities in economic and social distress. This crisis has cost the U.S. economy $696 billion through 2018, and the government bears less than one-third of the financial costs, with the rest falling on individuals and the private sector. Unfortunately, the related plagues of drug abuse and death have stalked African-American communities for decades, garnering little to no attention leaving one to question just how vulnerable are they economically? (Forbes, USA, 20.02.2020)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/korihale/2020/02/20/opioid-epidemic-weighs-financially-on-black-community