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USA. For Black Americans, the pandemic spike in fentanyl deaths was decades in the making 

USA. For Black Americans, the pandemic spike in fentanyl deaths was decades in the making 

A new CDC report shows that more Black Americans died from fentanyl overdoses than from any other drug in 2021 and at far higher rates than whites or Hispanics. (Politico, USA, 03.05.2023)

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/03/covid-19-inflamed-the-opioid-crisis-particularly-for-black-americans-00095006