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Mecklenburg County Public Health distributed 16,968 doses of naloxone in 2024 to mitigate the effects of fentanyl overdoses. Since 2019, there’s been a 200% spike in overdose deaths among Black and Hispanic people in the county compared to 14% among their white peers.
Fentanyl is responsible for a spike in drug overdose deaths among Black and Hispanic people in Mecklenburg County…