Coverage dated December 21, 2021

‘He Left Me Too Soon': As COVID Fueled the Drug Crisis, Native Americans Hit Worst

Headline from NBC Chicago

As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%, surpassing 100,000 dead for the first time in American history.

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  1. NBC Chicago

    ‘He Left Me Too Soon': As COVID Fueled the Drug Crisis, Native Americans Hit Worst (opens NBC Chicago)

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    As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%, surpassing 100,000 dead for the first time in American history.

  2. Tucson

    As COVID fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst (opens Tucson)

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    BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — Rachel Taylor kissed her fingertips and pressed them to the crow sewn onto a leather bag on the couch in the living room. “Oh, my baby,”

  3. KSDK

    COVID-19 fueled a drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst (opens KSDK)

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    The death rate last year was highest among Native Americans, for whom COVID-19 piled yet more despair on communities already confronting generations of trauma.

  4. Los Angeles Times

    As COVID-19 fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans were hit the worst (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%. The death rate was highest among Native Americans.

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