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Soaring Overdose Rates in the Pandemic Reflected Widening Racial Disparities
The pandemic’s devastating impact on drug overdose deaths in the United States hit people of color the hardest, with rates…
When Brazil Banned Abortion Pills, Women Turned to Drug Traffickers
Women’s reliance on the black market for access to medication abortions means they may not follow best medical practice. When…
Uproar Over ‘Crack Pipes’ Puts Biden Drug Strategy at Risk
Undeterred, Ms. Shalala encouraged philanthropies to finance needle exchange programs, and instructed National Institutes of Health experts to conduct trainings…
4 Are Charged in Overdose Death of Michael K. Williams
A Brooklyn man was charged on Wednesday with selling a deadly dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to the actor Michael K.…
Alpo Was in Witness Protection in Maine. But His Harlem Life Kept Calling.
It was 2016, and Abraham Rodriguez received a text message that made him light up. It was from his friend…
America Is Falling Apart at the Seams
In June a statistic floated across my desk that startled me. In 2020, the number of miles Americans drove fell…