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The opoid crisis is driving down U.S. life expectancy and negatively affecting families. Why do you think this crisis has become a political issue? Is enough being done to deal with it?
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The opioid crisis is driving down U.S. life expectancy, new data shows https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/the-opioid-crisis-is-driving-down-u-s-life-expectancy-new-data-shows
Deaths of despair' are cutting life short for some white Americans https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/deaths-despair-cutting-life-short-white-americans
Did the FDA ignite the opioid epidemic? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opioid-epidemic-did-the-fda-ignite-the-crisis-60-minutes/
How the opioid crisis decimated the American workforce https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/opioid-crisis-decimated-american-workforce
How should we fight the opioid crisis? A White House commission offered these 56 strategies https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/watch-live-trumps-opioid-commission-slated-to-release-final-report
What Purdue Pharma's settlement with Oklahoma means for the opioid crisis
Nearly 30 percent of patients prescribed opioids had no recorded pain diagnoses
Deadly fentanyl bought online from China being shipped through the mail https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-fentanyl-bought-online-from-china-being-shipped-through-the-mail-60-minutes-2019-09-15/
Overdose deaths hit a historic high in 2020. Frustrated experts say these strategies could save lives https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/overdose-deaths-hit-a-historic-high-in-2020-frustrated-experts-say-these-strategies-could-save-lives
U.S. surpassed 100,000 overdose deaths in first year of COVID-19 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/u-s-surpassed-100000-overdose-deaths-in-first-year-of-covid-19
What Okla. judgment against Johnson & Johnson means for opioid accountability https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-okla-judgment-against-johnson-johnson-means-for-opioid-accountability