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Certain populations are disempowered by a systemic bias against them. As opioid overdose death rates spike at unprecedented levels, marginalized people of color are not only dying at higher-than-usual rates (Panchal, 2023) but also have trouble gaining access to optimal detox and rehab treatment centers and recovery protocols (Saloner & Cook, 2013). This paper first looks at the wicked problem of substance use disorder (SUD) as it currently exists in 2026 and the people it im