https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/920724 - USA 2015-2017

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"*Hispanics had the largest percentage increase in rates of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids (262%, from 1.3 to 4.7).

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*Hispanic blacks (blacks) and Hispanics, groups that have historically had low opioid-involved overdose death rates (5). In addition, metropolitan areas have experienced sharp increases in drug and opioid-involved overdose deaths since 2013 (6,7). 

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*The largest percentage increase in overdose death rates involving synthetic opioids was in Hispanics aged 45–54 years (433%; from 1.5 to 8.0).

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*The largest percentage increase in synthetic opioid–involved overdose death rates (379%; from 1.4 to 6.7) occurred among Hispanics aged 25–34 years.

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*Among Hispanics, the percentage of opioid-involved overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids ranged from 47.9% in medium/small metro areas to 67.2% in large fringe metro areas.

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Synthetic opioids are driving the recent increases in opioid-involved overdose deaths in the United States. Previous research has found that synthetic opioids were involved in nearly 60% of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the United States in 2017 (1); this study examines the variation in synthetic opioid involvement in these deaths among racial/ethnic age groups across different metropolitan areas. For example, in large central metro areas, among persons aged 45–54 years, synthetic opioids were involved in 70.0% of all opioid-involved overdose deaths among blacks, 54.2% among whites, and 56.0% among Hispanics. These findings underscore the changing demographics and populations affected by the opioid overdose epidemic as the illicit drug supply continues to evolve."

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Other sites of interest:
https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/data/racedisparity.html
This link sites "The three groups included are African American,1 American Indian, and whites. Other racial groups are not included because they have lower drug overdose mortality rates relative to whites."  Hispanic is an ethnic group, not a racial group and therefore are not accurately represented in wide range data collection.

 
https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/prescription-drugs  Drug Abuse Trends in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota: 2015 indicated an increase in heroin and other opiate abuse over the past decade

ADDRESSING THE OPIOID CRISIS THROUGH COMMUNITY PREVENTION AN APPLICATION OF THE SEVEN STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE:  

https://njprevent.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cadcapracticaltheorist.pdf

https://www.mpha.org/page/opioid_toolkit
https://www.healthpartners.com/provider-public/condition-resources/opioids/
https://www.healthpartners.com/ucm/groups/public/@hp/@public/documents/documents/entry_203764.pdf
https://www.health.state.mn.us/naloxone
https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/opioid-dashboard/index.html
https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/opioids/data/index.ht