Although it is widely recognized that the United States has a severe and broad systemic
racism problem, recent events have dramatically elevated the issue. Widespread protests in …

Objectives. To compare substance use among Asian American adults in 2020, when anti-
Asian violence increased, with substance use among the same group during the previous 4 …

BACKGROUND Differential opioid prescribing patterns have been reported in non‐White
patient populations. However, these disparities have not been well described among …

Discrimination has been associated with adverse health behaviors and outcomes, including
substance use. Higher rates of substance use are reported among some marginalized …

More than a dozen Federal policy changes since the year 2000 have affected incentives to
prescribe, manufacture, and purchase both prescription and illicitly-manufactured opioids …

Black and Latinx individuals in the United States are afflicted disproportionately with kidney
disease. Because of structural racism, social risk factors drive disparities in disease …

Background: Research shows that substance use may be a way individuals cope with
psychosocial stressors. Less is known about whether discrimination contributes to …

Background Increasing numbers of opioid-overdose deaths have been witnessed among
Hispanics and other underserved populations in Massachusetts. Puerto Rican adults (PRs) …

Initiation of non-medical prescription opioid use (NMPO) during early adolescence is tightly
linked to heroin and other drug use disorders and related sequelae in later adolescence and …

Objective American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people have high rates of physical pain.
Pain is understudied in urban-dwelling, AI/AN emerging adults, a group with unique socio …