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The opioid epidemic is finally a national emergency – eight years too late

  • Written by Erin Winstanley, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, West Virginia University
imagePeople without ID, like Steven Kemp, are sometimes turned away from the country's already threadbare system of drug treatment centers.Matt Rourke/AP Photo

“It has been many long, hard, agonizing battles for the last few years and you fought like a warrior every step of the way. Addiction, however, won the war. To the person who doesn’t...

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