More evidence is urgently needed on opioid use in Black communities

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Although the prevalence of opioid use among Black people is comparatively low, the rate of opioid deaths has increased the sharpest and fastest among that population in recent years, according to an article in the March/April issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news