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7 Things You Need To Know About The Opioid Epidemic

Joshua Yasmeh

As The Daily Wire reported, President Trump is currently drafting paperwork to declare the opioid epidemic a “national emergency.”

Once upon a time, we considered drug abuse to be an underground issue impacting the dregs of society. “They” have a drug problem, we told ourselves. The “other,” that faceless statistic we all heard about but never talked about in polite company, was beyond our help. Today, the opioid crisis is staring us in the face. It’s inescapable. This is a full-scale epidemic affecting hardened criminals and unassuming housewives alike.

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