| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. Opioids are killing older Black men in D.C. at some of the highest rates in the country
USA. Opioids are killing older Black men in D.C. at some of the highest rates in the country
Black men in their mid-fifties to mid-seventies accounted for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s total population. (The 51st, USA, 20.12.2024)
https://51st.news/opioid-overdoses-killing-older-black-men-dc/