Vital Strategies: $350,000 in Grants Awarded to Advance Racial Equity and Harm Reduction in Michigan as Overdose Deaths Soar in Communities of Color
May 04, 2021
May 04, 2021
NEW YORK, May 4 (TNSMon) -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release:
The United States is in the midst of the worst overdose crisis in its history, with more than 87,000 lives lost in the last year alone and rising sharply for Black Americans. Michigan experienced more than 2,300 overdose deaths in 2019, and recent data suggest that COVID-19 has caused a surge of overdoses and further exacerbated racial disparities in rates of overdose death.
To address the s . . .
The United States is in the midst of the worst overdose crisis in its history, with more than 87,000 lives lost in the last year alone and rising sharply for Black Americans. Michigan experienced more than 2,300 overdose deaths in 2019, and recent data suggest that COVID-19 has caused a surge of overdoses and further exacerbated racial disparities in rates of overdose death.
To address the s . . .