“That incident on top of the pandemic rocked the boat and shook all of us. It ripped the Band-Aid off a wound that has always been there.”

Dr. Kanika Turner, a physician in St. Louis, regarding the increased number of drug overdose deaths, specifically in Black communities, during the pandemic. In Missouri, Black men are now four times more likely to die of an overdose than a white person. (Associated Press — June 24, 2021)