Racial Bias In Prescribing Opioids; New Policy On Flavored Vaping

A new analysis concludes an estimated 14,000 black Americans would have died from the opioid crisis had they been prescribed the drugs at the same rate as their white counterparts. Also, vaping product manufacturers have 30 days to take fruit-, candy- and mint-flavored vaping cartridges off the market. The Trump administration announced a partial and temporary ban on the sales of those products. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports. That and more, in hour two of Here & Now's Jan. 3, 2020, full broadcast. You can find more at hereandnow.org, follow us on Twitter and join the conversation on Facebook.