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Metro<\/a>\u00a0September 10, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the entire article in Metro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the new short film \u201c OPIOIDS: A Breakdown of the Invisible Overdose Crisis in the Black Community<\/a>,\u201d artist and filmmaker Richard Patterson, Jr.<\/a> recalls Philadelphia\u2019s transition from crack cocaine to Percocets and the language barriers that separated the Black community. Everyone talked about percs, Patterson said in a matter-of-fact voice-over, noting that hip-hop artists like Future and Travis Scott name-dropped the drug in their lyrics. One person in the film estimated that around three-fifths of the people living in Philadelphia\u2019s Black neighborhoods use Percocets as their drug of choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the film progresses, Patterson takes viewers to a statewide conference of the Pennsylvania Reentry Coalition<\/a>, where the majority-white attendees use one word in their discussions \u2014 opioids. The conference focuses on programs for opioids, housing for opioids, recovery from opioids, and more, all of which Patterson admits in a voice-over, confuses him. Media portrayals of opioids show images of white people in tents living under bridges, he said in the film, as he questions why these drugs would be an issue for people in the Black community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"