Babies born to white mothers more likely to be killed by drugs than those born to black and Hispanic women

CDC report says four times more likely

By MARY KEKATOS

FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

White mothers in the U.S. are nearly four times more likely to have an infant death involving drugs, a new report published on Thursday finds.

Between 2015 and 2017, 442 babies had a death in which drugs – such as cocaine, methamphetamine, opioids, naloxone, and cannabis were involved – according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

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