The November 2016 surgeon general's report on alcohol, drugs and health, Facing Addiction in America, called substance abuse one of the country's leading public health crises. It noted overuse of prescription opioids is a major driver of the epidemic. Download the PDF
The social cost of proliferating pain pills
Letter
to the
Editor
Send us a letter
Have an opinion about this story? Click here to submit a Letter to the Editor, and we may publish it in print.
Recommended for You
Sponsored Content