Opioid Crisis Costs $92 Billion As Overdose Deaths Surge
By: Sharetta McLaughlin
The opioid crisis in America has become an increasing concern over the last 10 years. Now, the CDC found that for the first time in two decades, more Black Americans are dying from opioid overdoses than their white counterparts. Young Black people between the ages of 15 and 24 saw an 86% increase in opioid death rate in 2020.















