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Overdose deaths increased by 30% during 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a CDC report shows. It also revealed growing racial disparities, with the highest spikes being among Black and Indigenous people. Overdose deaths in Philadelphia also increased and showed similar racial disparities. ....
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The 2020 data shows fatal overdoses disproportionally affected Black people. They were up 40% for Black residents, and the Latinx community saw a 6% increase. At the same time, fatal overdoses dropped 7% among white people. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to these numbers, as many people were left unemployed, socially isolated and without access to behavioral health treatment, according to a new report by the city s Opioid Response Unit. The pandemic has exposed how systemic racism has left Black and Latinx communities with the least access to lifesaving treatment, technology, public information and economic resources in times of crisis, the report read. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger than morphine, is increasingly showing up in drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine which is contributing to these deaths as well. ....