The opioid epidemic took a back seat in the news cycle during the pandemic but the deaths did not and surged to new highs. (NY Times)

Opioids deaths and addiction are claiming a whole generation of Americans. Attention needs to be paid to this other public health crisis that is destroying countless communities from coast to coast. Society has to find the reasons that people are turning to opioids and heavily invest in combating the epidemic before more people succumb and another community is brought to the brink. It won’t be cheap or easy but it must be done.