Race/Related: Overdoses plague a forgotten generation in Baltimore

Many are dying from fentanyl and other drugs. The hardest-hit are Black men in their 50s to 70s. 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They examined the city’s response to rising overdose deaths as part of The Times’s [Local Investigations Fellowship](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoRXtYP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0Y28uY29tL2NhcmVlcnMvbG9jYWwtaW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbnMtZmVsbG93c2hpcC8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyNDA2MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI1NjI1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjg5ODAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZUWPZiZvzKQzJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). Larnell Robinson sat at a desk in his cluttered office last September, between a bookshelf full of Bibles and a table stacked with the overdose antidote Narcan. He slid out a list of residents of the West Baltimore high-rise where he was tenant council president — one of dozens of subsidized complexes that house the city’s poor seniors. One by one, he began scratching through names, conducting a grim accounting of the dead. William, 63, killed by fentanyl and found in his ninth-floor unit in February 2023. Richard, 61, discovered in an apartment with multiple drugs in his system two and a half weeks later. David, 68, three days after that, also dead from fentanyl. And then 59-year-old Glenn, who had lived on Mr. Robinson’s floor for years. Known for his willingness to run errands for others, he often biked to the store to get Mr. Robinson cigarettes. But after not seeing Glenn for a day, Mr. Robinson stuck a flier in his door. When it was still there the next morning, he summoned security. [A man in a teal polo shirt siting at a wooden desk.] Larnell Robinson at his office in the Rosemont Tower complex in Baltimore. Fifteen people over the age of 50 have fatally overdosed in the building since 2018. Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner, for The New York Times This was one death, Mr. Robinson said later, that he couldn’t bear to witness. “I feel like I work at the morgue sometimes,” he said in an interview. Over the past six years, as [Baltimore has endured one of America’s deadliest drug epidemics](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoRXtYP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8yMy91cy9iYWx0aW1vcmUtb3Bpb2lkLWVwaWRlbWljLW9kLWRlYXRocy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjQwNjA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNTYyNSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY4OTgwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmVFj2Ymb8ykMyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~), overdoses have fallen surprisingly hard on one group: Black men currently in their mid-50s to early 70s. While just 7 percent of the city’s population, they account for nearly 30 percent of drug fatalities — a death rate 20 times that of the rest of the country. Black men of that age in the city are more likely to die of overdoses than cancer or Covid at the height of the pandemic; drugs are essentially tied with heart disease for their top killer. “I can’t think of another situation like this,” said Robert Anderson, chief of statistical analysis and surveillance at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those men were part of a little-recognized lost generation, their lives shaped by forces that have animated the city’s drug crisis for decades, according to an examination by The New York Times and The Baltimore Banner. Half a century ago, manufacturing jobs began to disappear in an industrial city where Black families had few other opportunities to build wealth. By 1980, nearly half of Baltimore’s Black men under the age of 30 were out of work — a level similar to Black unemployment during the [Great Depression](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoRXtYP4Q-AWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmxvYy5nb3YvY2xhc3Nyb29tLW1hdGVyaWFscy91bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLWhpc3RvcnktcHJpbWFyeS1zb3VyY2UtdGltZWxpbmUvZ3JlYXQtZGVwcmVzc2lvbi1hbmQtd29ybGQtd2FyLWlpLTE5MjktMTk0NS9yYWNlLXJlbGF0aW9ucy1pbi0xOTMwcy1hbmQtMTk0MHMvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjQwNjA3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNTYyNSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY4OTgwJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpmVFj2Ymb8ykMyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). At the same time, an influx of highly addictive illegal drugs created a lucrative but corrosive shadow economy. Some young people turned to dealing drugs and then using them. Many were arrested and incarcerated, never finding jobs that let them move ahead. [A man sits on the arm of his couch, clutching a floor lamp, looking down at the floor.] William Baker, known as Al, at his apartment in Irvington Place. Wellness checks on a single day last November turned up three tenants dead of overdoses. Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner, for The New York Times Baltimore’s Black men of this generation have been dying of overdoses at some of the highest rates in the country ever since, a Times/Banner analysis found. More than 4,000 have been killed since 1993 amid waves of drugs: first heroin and crack cocaine, then prescription opioids and now fentanyl — the deadliest drug threat America has ever seen. 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Many of those men can now afford only subsidized apartments in complexes for senior citizens that residents say are often awash in drugs. Lonely grandparents and retirees who have been fighting their addiction for decades are suddenly surrounded by illicit temptations, in buildings where buying narcotics can be as easy as walking down the hall. At least 31 of the 50 addresses where people have fatally overdosed in Baltimore most often since 2018 are advertised as senior housing complexes, according to previously undisclosed autopsy records that The Banner obtained after [suing the state’s Chief Medical Examiner’s Office](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoRXtYP4Q6AWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZWJhbHRpbW9yZWJhbm5lci5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MtcG93ZXIvc3RhdGUtZ292ZXJubWVudC9qdWRnZS1vcmRlcnMtc3RhdGUtdG8tdHVybi1vdmVyLWF1dG9wc3ktcmVjb3Jkcy1pbi1iYW5uZXItbGF3c3VpdC1ESUZMREsyS0tSQUxYRFgzTTZDUVZDUU1WNC8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyNDA2MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI1NjI1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjg5ODAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZUWPZiZvzKQzJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). More than 340 people over 50 have died in those buildings, including 15 in Mr. Robinson’s, Rosemont Tower. Nonetheless, there has been little targeted outreach to older people by health officials, The Times and The Banner found. The city has concentrated its drug education efforts on the young, and the battle against overdoses in senior buildings has largely been left to people with little expertise — a nonprofit program coordinator here, an apartment manager there. 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In an interview, Mayor Brandon Scott said that while the city’s overdose prevention efforts — which include groups that go into neighborhoods to provide medical care, Narcan and clean syringes — did not target any particular demographic group, they served large numbers of older Black people because they were most affected by addiction. He said he did not need to consult data for the racial disparities in overdoses to be apparent to him. “As a Black man who lives in Baltimore, I know, because we’ve seen it our whole lives,” he said. Read the rest of the story [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoRXtYP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8wMy91cy9iYWx0aW1vcmUtb3Bpb2lkLWVwaWRlbWljLXNlbmlvcnMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDI0MDYwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjU2MjUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2ODk4MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZlRY9mJm_MpDMlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD). 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By Matt Stevens](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoRXtYP0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8wNS9hcnRzL2FzaWFuLWFtZXJpY2FuLW1vdmllcy10di1yZXByZXNlbnRhdGlvbi1yZWxhdGlvbnNoaXBzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyNDA2MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI1NjI1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjg5ODAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZUWPZiZvzKQzJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [[A woman in a bright pink jacket with long hair stands with her hands folded, looking off into the distance.] Erin Schaff/The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoRXtYP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8zMS9yZWFsZXN0YXRlL3JhY2UtaG9tZS1idXlpbmctcmF2ZW4tYmF4dGVyLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyNDA2MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI1NjI1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjg5ODAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZUWPZiZvzKQzJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [She Made an Offer on a Condo. Then the Seller Learned She Was Black. A Black woman claims a white homeowner tried to pull out of a sale because of her race. By Debra Kamin](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoRXtYP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNS8zMS9yZWFsZXN0YXRlL3JhY2UtaG9tZS1idXlpbmctcmF2ZW4tYmF4dGVyLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyNDA2MDcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI1NjI1Jm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjg5ODAmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmZUWPZiZvzKQzJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [[Article Image] Sasha Arutyunova for The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoRXtYP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wNi8wNi9hcnRzL3RlcmktZ3JlZXZlcy1uYXRpdmUtYW1lcmljYW4tYmVhZHdvcmsuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDI0MDYwNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjU2MjUmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2ODk4MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZlRY9mJm_MpDMlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [For This Indigenous Beadworker, Every Stitch ‘Is an Act of Resistance’ Teri Greeves builds on a legacy of artistry, rarely recognized by mainstream institutions, that stretches through generations of Native women. 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