Opioids Killing Young, White Suburban Americans More Than Anyone Else for 2nd Consecutive Year

The opioid crisis is killing young, white suburban Americans more than any other demographic in the United States for the second consecutive year. A newly released report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that among all racial groups in large cities, suburbs, and small towns, young white Americans between 25 to 34 years old living in suburbs had the highest opioid-involved overdose deaths in 2017 at a rate of nearly 60 deaths per 100,000. -- More...