There’s been so much talk about the pandemic that the opiod epidemic has fallen from the headlines. But those drug-related deaths soared last year. More than 93-thousand dying from overdoses. The CDC reporting mostly from Fentanyl. The African-American community has been hit particulary hard in 2020. Why is that? What can be done about it?
Resources:
My Recovery DC
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Community Health & Family Medicine, Howard University Hospital
Dr. Mark Johnson, MD, Chair, Department of Community & Family Medicine, Howard University Hospital
Dr. Beverlyn Settles-Reaves, Ph.D, Care Manager, Urban Health Initiative, Howard University Hospital
