Even though they use cannabis at similar rates, for instance, Black people were nearly four times more likely to be arrested for cannabis possession than White people in 2018.

The addiction journey of Ross, who is white, and Floyd could help Americans see Black drug users in a sympathetic light, medical and legal experts said. "They are ordinary drug users – they are ...

Historically, addiction in Black communities has been criminalized rather than treated as a health condition. This criminalization, rooted in systemic racism, ...

Opioid Addiction Drug Going Mostly To Whites, Even As Black Death Rate Rises : Shots - Health News A study looked at who gets prescriptions for buprenorphine, and found that white patients are ...

While white and Black people report roughly the same rates of illicit drug use, ... Black people with opioid addiction have historically been directed to programs that offer methadone, ...

For white patients, the median treatment duration was about 53 days; for Black patients, about 44 days; and for Hispanic patients, less than 40. “There’s no debate here. Fifty days is not long ...

In these communities, Black drug users are no more a medical anomaly than white drug users, and yet due to the low density, they can’t help but stand out. As Luke, a 25-old Black man in our ...

Black and Hispanic patients receive shorter addiction medication treatment than white patients, according to a study published Nov. 9 in JAMA Psychiatryry. The study looked at the duration of ...

It's time for America to end its black-and-white thinking about addiction and recovery, according to Johns Hopkins professor Hanna Pickard.Traditional approaches in the U.S.—framing addiction as ...