Drug Use Deaths Increase Sharply Among Black Americans
July 12, 2021
Michelle Branch wipes away tears on Monday May 17, 2021, talking about her brother, Craig Elazer, who died of a fentanyl overdose in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.
In the United States, deaths related to the use of the pain-killing drugs opioids have long been described as a problem for poor white people in small towns and rural communities. In the past several years, however, opioid deaths have increased greatly across the country. And the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened opioid deaths in some of the most at-risk communities of Black Americans.
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