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Ryan Little @ryanlittle.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

In Chicago, there is no focused effort in nearly $1.3 billion of state opioid settlement money to help older Black men, despite a heavy death toll for this group, @chicago.suntimes.com found. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

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Opioids have been killing the same generation of Black men in Chicago for decades

Black men born from 1951 through 1970 have the greatest risk of dying of overdoses and always have, even in their 20s, 30s and 40s. That’s true in Chicago, in Baltimore, Washington and some other big ...

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Ryan Little @ryanlittle.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

In Pittsburgh, Black men in jail with opioid use disorders have been less likely to receive medications to combat their addictions than white men, a @publicsource.org investigation has found, though local officials are working to close the gap. www.publicsource.org/allegheny-co...

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Pittsburgh’s older Black men hit hardest by overdose crisis

Large U.S. counties' morality data, including Allegheny County, Pa., shows Black men born from 1951-1970 are most likely to die by overdose.

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Ryan Little @ryanlittle.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

In San Francisco, many of the men vulnerable to overdoses use both opioids and cocaine, a combination that may make treating their addictions more complex, according to an analysis of mortality data by @sfstandard.com. sfstandard.com/2024/12/20/s...

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SF is losing a generation of Black men to overdoses. It’s worse here than anywhere

San Francisco is losing a generation of elder Black men to the deadly fentanyl overdose crisis. It's worse here than anywhere.

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