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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...

sfstandard.com

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

In Newark, @nj.com also found that overdose victims were using both opioids and cocaine. www.nj.com/essex/2024/1...

nj.com

Drug deaths are claiming lives of older Black men. This N.J. county is among the worst in the country.

Consistent with a national trend, Black men born between 1951 and 1970 are dying at rate that outpaces other groups

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

In Philadelphia, older Black men were actually less likely to die than their white peers — until recently. By 2018, their death rate had shot up, according to a @inquirer.com analysis. www.inquirer.com/health/older...

inquirer.com

More older Black men in Philadelphia are dying of overdoses than many other places in the U.S.: ‘It’s like a secret disease’

In Philadelphia, a new analysis shows that older Black men from their 50s to their 70s are dying at the highest rates of all.

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