
496 - The Sharp Rise in Overdose Deaths Among Black Americans
Public Health On Call
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Public health on call is a podcast from the johns hopkins bloomburg school of public health. Doctor jsh sharpstein speaks to doctor kisha solomon and doctor jason gibbons, two post doctoral fellows who are focusing on this trend. In total, 15 thousand 500 and forty nine black americans died of over lorses in 20 20. So the actual use of opis is about the same between black and whiteAmericans, but there's been a much faster increase in overdose dust among blackamerican in last decade.
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