I’m spending time and resources on good local journalism. Pittsburgh’s Public Source is a nonprofit.
Black lives matter to me. This story is about different access, different treatment, different consideration- not the same. Just think about pain management. If doctors and insurance and others discount Black patients, there is no choice but to try to get help where they can. This is more than just addictions.
Pittsburgh’s older Black men hit hardest by overdose crisis:
https://www.publicsource.org/allegheny-county-older-black-men-deaths-overdose-crisis/