Heroin overdose deaths have surged in recent years. Now the Centers for Disease Control reports that the increase has occurred almost entirely among whites.
This chart comes from a CDC report looking at fatal overdoses involving heroin during the decade from 2002 through 2011. In 2002, the death rate was highest among blacks from 45 to 65 years old. The rate for blacks and Hispanics remained statistically unchanged through 2011, while the death rate for whites increased dramatically among all age groups. That rate more than doubled.
...Blacks still remain far more likely to be arrested for drug possession, even though blacks and whites use drugs at similar rates.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-14/whites-account-for-the-entire-jump-in-heroin-deaths
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