There is an opioid epidemic in the United States. And in many parts of America, it has spread dramatically, like an unchecked wildfire on the verge of ravaging an entire forest. There are states, counties, and towns where it has invaded unfettered, destroying lives, killing people, and laying waste to a community’s social fabric. Nearly every day we read headlines announcing the overdose deaths of the famous and of the ordinary. Victims are black, and they are white. Victims are wealthy, and victims are poor. Keep reading...
