The opioid epidemic isn’t unsolvable
Posted on AllSides July 23rd, 2021
From The Left
ANALYSIS
Last week, we got some terrible news: In 2020, the number of drug overdose deaths in the US reached their highest point ever recorded — more than 93,000, according to preliminary federal data.
And then this week, we got some more terrible news: Life expectancy in the US fell by 1.5 years — the worst decline since World War II. Most of that was due to Covid-19. But some of it was driven by the increase in overdoses.
All of that is to say that America is currently dealing with a big overdose...