The pandemic’s devastating effect on drug overdose deaths in the United States hit people of color the hardest, with rates among young Black people rising the most sharply.
Overall, overdose deaths jumped 30% from 2019 to 2020, the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Deaths among Black people rose 44%, about twice the increase in deaths among white people or Hispanic people . Deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives increased 39%.
The racial breakouts were based on data from Washington, D.C., and 25 states that had completed analyses. The study included data from some states where overdose death rates rose, such as Georgia, Kentucky and Maine, but not from others with high rates, like Florida, New York and Michigan. CDC researchers said that, nonetheless, the trends they saw in this data mirrored statistical racial breakouts across the country.
Authors of the study said the deaths were driven largely by illicitly produced fentanyl, with some triggered by the combination of other drugs with the opioids, such as methamphetamine and cocaine.
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