Baltimore has endured one of America’s deadliest drug epidemics over the past six years, and
overdoses have fallen hardest on Black men currently in their mid-50s to early 70s. They are just 7% of the city’s population but account for nearly 30% of drug fatalities — a death rate 20 times that of the rest of the U.S.
Author Archives: Alissa Zhu, Nick Thieme and Jessica Gallagher
Alissa Zhu, Nick Thieme and Jessica Gallagher are reporters for The Baltimore Banner. They examined the city’s response to rising overdose deaths as part of The New York Times's Local Investigations Fellowship.
