The urgency of the opioid epidemic has largely dissipated from the national discourse years after states won billions of dollars in settlements against the pharmaceutical companies and their owners responsible for the rush of opioids into many communities. In 2023, for the first time, more than half of those who died while experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C., died of an opioid overdose. This demographic has borne the brunt of the opioid epidemic’s burden on the District, dying at much higher rates than the city’s general population. Read the full story by clicking the link in our bio. (fb)

The urgency of the opioid epidemic has largely dissipated from the national discourse years after states won billions of dollars in settlements against the pharmaceutical companies and their owners responsible for the rush of opioids into many communities. In 2023, for the first time, more than half of those who died while experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C., died of an opioid overdose. This demographic has borne the brunt of the opioid epidemic’s burden on the District, dying at much higher rates than the city’s general population. Read the full story: https://streetsensemedia.org/article/dc-opioid-overdose-homelessness-crisis/ (fb)