More Philadelphians than ever died of overdoses in 2022, with toll especially grim among Black residents

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More Philadelphians than ever died of overdoses in 2022, with toll especially grim among Black residents
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The epidemic is disproportionately affecting the Black community, which saw a 20% increase in deaths, compared to 11% overall.

in particular. The city has sent public health workers into majority-Black neighborhoods where overdoses have been rising, where in the past such efforts to spread awareness about the dangers of the city’s drug supply have been limited.Opioids were behind nearly 80% of the city’s fatal overdoses in 2022 — and nearly all opioid-related overdoses involved fentanyl or its analogues, the powerful synthetic opioids that have largely replaced heroin in Philadelphia.

The legislation had passed in City Council with a veto-proof majority, so Council members are expected to vote to override the veto on Thursday., saying the death toll from 2022 should give council members pause before they vote again to ban the sites. “In 2022, 1,413 people died from drug overdoses in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, New York City’s overdose prevention centers have intervened in 1,131 overdoses in less than two years,” he wrote, referencing the only two openly operating supervised injection sites in the country.

“This Administration cannot help but wonder how many irreplaceable people are lost with each passing year that Philadelphia does not welcome the same opportunity.”

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