Dr. Ayana Jordan Discuss Opioid Crisis in Black Community

The opioid crisis, once seen as mostly affecting white Americans, has been increasingly affecting people of color, especially Black men, who are losing their lives at an alarming rate.

A new study, published in the Journal of American Medical Association Network Open, revealed astonishing results.

When examining the opioid fatality rate for adults older than 55 years old, it found that while non-Black Hispanic, American Indian and white men die at a rate of 12.8 per 100,000, the rate of opioid deaths for Black men is 40 per 100,000 people.

Dr. Ayana Jordan, addiction physician and associate professor of the department of psychiatry at New York University, joins Marc Lamont Hill on “Black News Tonight” to discuss.

All this and more on “Black News Tonight.”

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