Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Black Americans bear the brunt of fentanyl ‘epidemic’ in Washington

Black Americans

426 people died of opioid overdoses in Washington. 95 percent were fentanyl-related, and 85 percent were Black people. Black people are much more vulnerable — lower-income. Lorando Duncan wears long-sleeved shirts because his arms bear scars he’d rather not show: the scars of the drugs he’s been injecting into his veins for decades. The slender … Read more