Opioids in America | Cure for Pain | 1
American Scandal
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The Rise and Fall of Opioid Addiction
Opioid addiction has grown into a deadly epidemic across the United States. In 2021 alone, there were more than 16,000 deaths resulting from overdoses on drugs like fentanyl. Opioid prescriptions began increasing in the late 1990s after the release of what became an enormously popular drug, OxyContin.
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