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Black Americans bear the brunt of fentanyl 'epidemic' in Washington / 328Y2RQ
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65-year-old Lorando Duncan has been using heroin almost all his adult life. But the advent of fentanyl, an ultra-powerful and addictive synthetic opioid, changed everything for the DC-born African American. "Fentanyl killed a lot of my friends," he tells AFP. "I have to stop, because eventually, I'm going to kill myself." A few grassroots organizations are doing their best to combat the ravages of the drug in the US capital. In 2021, 95 percent of the city's fatal opioid overdoses were fentanyl-related, and 85 percent were Black people. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES