Overdoses for Black Americans Equal to White Opioid Deaths

The opioid crisis has dominated headlines and political conversations as the number of overdose deaths and addicts has risen dramatically in recent years. But a new study finds that the opioid epidemic, which has affected mostly white Americans, is just one part of the growing U.S. drug crisis. The report reveals that deaths from cocaine overdoses among black people were roughly on par with heroin and prescription-opioid-caused deaths among white people.