The opioid crisis is still happening, unfortunately.

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References:
Empire of Pain
The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
By Patrick Radden Keefe

Last Week Tonight did FOUR parts on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pdPrQFjo2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qCKR6wy94U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCaIhfETsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io0yuH1CiA0

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/28/1220881380/overdose-fentanyl-drugs-addiction

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2790432?te=1&nl=the-morning&emc=edit_nn_20240903

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates#Fig2

https://www.cdc.gov/museum/pdf/cdcm-pha-stem-uncovering-the-opioid-epidemic-lesson.pdf

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/28/how-the-opioid-crackdown-is-backfiring-752183

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2024/20240515.htm

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/harm-reduction

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/30/nx-s1-5124997/fentanyl-overdose-opioid-btmps-drug-cartel-xylazine-tranq-mexico-china

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/18/nx-s1-5107417/overdose-fatal-fentanyl-death-opioid

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