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Rachel Taylor clutches a buckskin satchel filled with the ashes of her son, Kyle "Little Crow" Domrese, pictured at right, who died of an overdose, as she sits in the home they shared in Bemidji, Minn., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Just weeks remained until the anniversary of the day she opened his bedroom door and found her son face-down on his bed, one of more than 100,000 Americans lost in a year to overdoses as the COVID-19 pandemic aggravated America's addiction disaster. The death rate from drug overdoses for Native Americans has surpassed white people and is now the highest in the nation. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Rachel Taylor clutches a buckskin satchel filled with the ashes of her son, Kyle "Little Crow" Domrese, pictured at right, who died of an overdose, as she sits in the home they shared in Bemidji, Minn., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Just weeks remained until the anniversary of the day she opened his bedroom door and found her son face-down on his bed, one of more than 100,000 Americans lost in a year to overdoses as the COVID-19 pandemic aggravated America's addiction disaster. …

December 22, 2021

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As Covid fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst
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As Covid fueled the drug crisis, Native Americans hit worst

As the pandemic ravaged the country, deaths from drug overdoses surged by nearly 30%, climbing to a record high.