The great epidemic of opioids: what destroys America?

Due to the high death toll in its wake, an opioid crisis threatening the United States has been compared to the plague. More than 176,600 Americans died as a result of an opioid-related overdose between 2013 and 2017, according to information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The epidemic continues to claim more than 130 lives every day. Statistics now suggest that Americans are more likely than a car accident to die from an ....