USA Today (5/26, Rodriguez) reports researchers at UCLA “examined data from emergency medical service (EMS) calls and compared overdose deaths in 2020 to prior years,” and “found overdose deaths seen by EMS increased by 42% in the U.S. in 2020 compared to 2018-2019, according to the study published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Psychiatry.” The greatest increases “were seen among Blacks and Latinos, with 50.3% and 49.7% increases in overdose deaths during the pandemic, respectively.”
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— “Not just a ‘white problem’: Blacks and Latinos see largest spike in overdose deaths during COVID-19 pandemic, study finds “Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, May 26, 2021