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Season 6Episode 496

496 - The Sharp Rise in Overdose Deaths Among Black Americans

Jul 25, 2022
18:34

Episode Description

Overdose death rates among Black Americans surpassed those among white Americans in 2020, a sharp reversal from a decade earlier. Hopkins post-doctoral fellows Dr. Keisha Solomon and Dr. Jason Gibbons talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the reasons behind this alarming increase and what can be done to respond.