We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. The epidemic is especially centered outside cities and among Native Americans and whites. Deaths rose by 325 percent over the same period when you look only at rural areas, and by more than 500 percent among Native Americans and native Alaskans. Although many conversations about people of color and drugs focus on black and Latino Americans, Native Americans fare the worst of all minority groups, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By 2014, whites and Native Americans were dying at double or triple the rates of African Americans and Latinos, according to the CDC.

Source: Washington Post October 30, 2017 12:19 UTC