Geography And Fentanyl: Explaining The Disproportionate Rise In Opioid Overdose Deaths Among Black Americans

Geography And Fentanyl: Explaining The Disproportionate Rise In Opioid Overdose Deaths Among Black Americans, in Health Affairs

key takeaway: "Between 2010 and 2020, roughly 40 percent of the additional growth in Black opioid-related overdoses versus White overdoses was attributable to differential geographic exposure to the fentanyl crisis. Overdoses involving opioids but not cocaine are largely attributed to geography, whereas overdoses involving both opioids and cocaine show a smaller geographic component."