By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated July 20, 2022
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their findings after analyzing drug overdose deaths based on age, race, and income factors.
According to the report, overdose rates rose 44 percent in 2020 for Black people and 39 percent for American Indian and Alaska Native people, compared to 22 percent for white people.
This data demonstrates that Black people died from overdoses
