Opioid overdose deaths crisis in Philadelphia persists, even as people seek help

They arrived from all over the metropolis: the northern corners of Philadelphia and its southwest border, quickly-gentrifying South Philly neighborhoods and extended-troubled Kensington. Some have been suffering from homelessness, other…

Overdose deaths among Black Americans rising faster than those among other races : Shots

Far more than 91,000 individuals in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in 2020. There have been sharp raises amid specified racial groups, a new report finds. Jeff Chiu/AP hide…