Opioids Claiming More African-American Lives

Equal Opportunity Killer –

February 22, 2019 – Why is it spreading? “Heroin,” Stanford University’s Mathew Kiang told NBC News “specifically, fentanyl-laced heroin … African-Americans were less affected because there were “much lower opioid prescription rates in the black population than in the white population,” the study stated. In recent years, however, “rates of heroin use and prescription opioid misuse in blacks and whites have begun to converge,” that study said.

Full Story @ AOL.com

Leonard Buschel

Share
Published by
Leonard Buschel

Recent Posts

An Interview with NuQI’s John Wright

EMR MATTERS – October 2024 - The challenge is that many in the behavioral health…

2 days ago

California Wants Social Media To Have ‘black box warning’ For Kids

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? – Dec. 19, 2024 - Assembly Bill 56 (AB 56) proposes…

5 days ago

Lily Allen Shares the Moment She Hit ‘Rock Bottom’

AND STOPPED DIGGING – Dec. 4, 2024 - In a new interview with The Times,…

5 days ago

170 Million Americans Learn Deadly Toxin is Toxic

NOT JUST IN PENCILS – Dec. 8, 2024 - Americans born before 1966 experienced “significantly…

5 days ago

Famous Child Star After Opening Up About Addiction

AS SUCCESSFUL AS EVER – Dec. 3, 2024 - Family Affair actor Johnny Whitaker looked…

5 days ago

Top 10 Things Families Can Do to Avoid Common Rehab Pitfalls

ALANON Plus – Dec. 7, 2024 - A high percentage of treatment failures occur due…

5 days ago