For most of the past 20 years, prescription opioid abuse was treated like the weather: Everyone complained about it, but no one ever did anything about it. As a result, it exploded into a national epidemic that killed 17,000 Americans in 2016. Add to that about 35,000 overdose deaths from heroin and synthetic opioids — often used by addicts when they can't get prescription drugs anymore — and you're approaching a Vietnam War death toll every year.Public [...]
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