Black men in D.C. are facing one of the worst opioid crises in the country, accounting for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s total population. Read our special report on the epidemic. https://buff.ly/3DkvI7q - ThreadSky

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51st.news • 65 days ago

Black men in D.C. are facing one of the worst opioid crises in the country, accounting for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s total population. Read our special report on the epidemic. https://buff.ly/3DkvI7q

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51st.news•65 days ago

Clarification: Older Black men accounted for nearly 38% of the city's opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.'s total population. The men in this cohort were born between 1951-1970.

seansatori.bsky.social•65 days ago

Boomers and older Gen Xs are in rough shape and it sucks. Things were supposed to get better and they didn't.

jasonfrantz.bsky.social•61 days ago

Yo was about to say lol. Whole Milk City a ways off yet

51st.news•65 days ago

The 51st is one of several local newsrooms partnering with The Baltimore Banner, The New York Times, and Stanford University’s Big Local News to report on new data showing the scale of the opioid epidemic among older Black men in cities across the U.S. https://buff.ly/3DkvI7q

jdkar.bsky.social•65 days ago

Was very cool to see this collaboration in my inbox from both NYT The Morning and The 51st this am.

terez.bsky.social•65 days ago

This skeet omits this crucial qualifier: "Black men in their mid-fifties to mid-seventies". Black men are definitely not only 4% of the city population.

2futarata.bsky.social•65 days ago

Thanks, yes I hmmed at that. Article is clear but not good to make readers question reporting via social

flofraz2.bsky.social•61 days ago

Wow, this is eye opening

sozodc.bsky.social•32 days ago

What if there’s a conspiracy to kill off “black” men?

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