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St. Louis combats opioid overdoses in Black community

=St. Louis combats opioid crisis as overdose deaths skyrocket among Black Americans

Aired 08/16/2022

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St. Louis combats opioid overdoses in Black community

Clip: 8/16/2022 | 8m 44sVideo has Closed Captions

=St. Louis combats opioid crisis as overdose deaths skyrocket among Black Americans

More Americans died from drug overdoses last year than ever before. And while deaths are up across nearly every demographic since the start of the pandemic, there’s been an especially alarming spike in overdose deaths among Black Americans. John Yang reports from St. Louis on the growing public health crisis.

Aired 08/16/2022

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