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Black Allegheny County residents twice as likely as whites to die of a drug overdose

Racial disparities in Allegheny County’s fatal drug overdose rates got worse last year. Now Black residents are more than twice as likely as whites to die. Data suggests the death rate for both races is being driven–at least in part–by cocaine laced with fentanyl, a strong and deadly opioid.

As Pittsburgh prepares to launch a new city needle exchange, officials call for state support

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