The Opioid Crisis Is Getting Worse, Particularly for Black Americans<br />The study, by researchers at the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, also found<br />that the recent rise in overdose death rates was sharpest among older blacks.<br />Get the Upshot in your Inbox<br />By JOSH KATZ and<br />The epidemic of drug overdoses, often perceived as a largely white rural problem, made striking inroads<br />among black Americans last year — particularly in urban counties where fentanyl has become widespread.
