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Opioids, COVID-19 And Racism: A Deadly Trifecta

Opioids, COVID-19 And Racism: A Deadly Trifecta

Short Wave · NPR

February 3, 202112m 59s

Show Notes

Drug overdose deaths are on the rise all around the country, including in Chicago, Illinois. ProPublica Illinois reporter Duaa Eldeib explains how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the opioid epidemic, and the challenges that public health officials are facing as they work to reduce opioid-related deaths.

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