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Barriers to Black community require better approach to addiction, substance abuse care

Largest increase in overdose deaths among Black people

Scottsdale Recovery Center is a leading drug and alcohol rehab in Arizona with addiction treatment and medical detox.

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Overdose death rates in the United States are at historic highs, largely driven by fentanyl, and particularly affecting the Black community.

Black people experience more barriers to drug treatment than other groups and their overdose death rates are increasing the most.

Scottsdale Recovery Center Case Manager Justin Bronson, 39, has personally seen friends and family members die from overdosing and is a recovering drug addict who is five years sober.

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Barriers to Black community require better approach to addiction, substance abuse care

Largest increase in overdose deaths among Black people

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