From 2011 to 2021, over 321,000 American children lost a parent to a drug overdose, with Black children experiencing the highest rate increases, compounding a longstanding public health crisis for Black communities.
Black children in Los Angeles are disproportionately affected by parental drug use, leading to high rates of entry into the child welfare system, with substance use accounting for a significant portion of child maltreatment cases.
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