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Black patients with opioid use disorder were 35 times less likely than white people to be prescribed Suboxone

Research Center. However, experts and medical researchers within the minority population are still encouraging others not to discount the coronavirus vaccine and contribute to the already staggering number of Black people who have died from the virus. Receiving the vaccine gives a chance of lowering and stabilizing this rate. A study found that since the start of the pandemic, 179 per 100,000 Afri can-Americans died from the virus. Inequalities in struc tural systems such as open hours for COVID-19 testing sites, workers’ ability to take a sick day from work and exposure to high volumes of people in enclosed areas like public transportation systems have all contributed to this rate. Experts are recommending people take the vaccines to help close these gaps. While the struggles are many, grassroots organizations and small community treatment facilities are among the MЄWZ\[ UISQVO LMLQKI\ML [\ZQLM[ QV ILLZM[[QVO [\Z]K\]ZIT biases within the arena of providing addiction treatment for African-Americans. These voices are the advocates for the needs of these individuals, like wider access to medi KI\QWV[ TQSM ;]JW`WVM IVL IЄWZLIJTM TWVŎ\MZU KIZM XZW grams. Distributing Narcan kits in vulnerable areas and educating these communities on the dangers of fentanyl are some of the current priorities. .]Z\PMZ KZMI\QVO [XMKQÅK XWTQKa IVL ML]KI\QWVIT QV\MZ ventions for providers is needed to promote the use of Suboxone in diverse populations. In February, President Biden added to his team aiming to tackle the opioid crisis.

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