Racial Biases saved Black lives
2020-01-05 00:34:10.888991+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Black Americans Were Prescribed Opioids Less Frequently Because Of Racial Bias, New Analysis Shows
Doctors are less likely to prescribe narcotics if a patient is black, and new analysis finds this racial bias has saved thousands of lives.
A study published in the journal Epidemiology concludes an estimated 14,000 black Americans would have died from the opioid crisis had they been prescribed the drugs at the same rate as their white counterparts.