Vital Strategies: The Michigan Opioids Task Force Announces Racial Equity Workgroup to Combat Rising Overdose Deaths in Black, Indigenous and Other Communities of Color
April 20, 2023
April 20, 2023
NEW YORK, April 20 (TNSgov) -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release:
Over 107,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose last year, with rates of fatal overdose rising most rapidly in Black and Indigenous communities. Provisional state data released by Michigan shows that rates of overdose fatalities are also increasing at a faster pace among communities of color compared to their white counterparts. Between September 2021 through August 2022, Black Michiganders . . .
Over 107,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose last year, with rates of fatal overdose rising most rapidly in Black and Indigenous communities. Provisional state data released by Michigan shows that rates of overdose fatalities are also increasing at a faster pace among communities of color compared to their white counterparts. Between September 2021 through August 2022, Black Michiganders . . .