Image taken from Lim & Viner Source (https://ndews.umd.edu/sites/ndews.umd.edu/files/SCS-2018-Philadelphia-FINAL.pdf)
This graph illustrates Moses’ description of the worsening epidemic in numbers. Overdoses in Philadelphia, particularly from fentanyl, have increased dramatically over the past twenty years (Lim & Viner). Read more about patterns of drug use in Philadelphia here.