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The opioid epidemic: Six essential reads

  • Written by Jessie Schanzle, Desk Editor, Health and Medicine, The Conversation
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Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories related to opioids.

More people died from drug overdose in 2014 than in any other year, and six in 10 of those deaths involved an opioid, such as a painkiller or heroin.

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