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Native Americans and Opioid Addiction: Understanding the Problem

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Over the 20-year span from 1999-2019, deaths related to opioid overdose increased rapidly among Indigenous populations, multiplying by more than five times due to increased use of heroin, hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl, tramadol, and in combination with alcohol and other drugs. Opioid misuse has been an increasing concern in the U.S.