Opioid intemperance is the biggest drug epidemic in United States history. How’d we get here?
JUDY WOODRUFF: Every day brings another story about the depth of this country's Opium crisis: overdoses up, contingency services overwhelmed, another family burying a loved one. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: It's difficulty to grasp the complete scope & scale of the Opium problem we're in the midst of. And, in fact, starting in the late '90s & early 2000s, the average of Opium prescriptions began to snowball. In 2015, there were continue 3 times as many Opium prescriptions being written as there were in 1999, & many people have turned to cheaper Opium substitutes, such as heroin. By nearly any measure, this is the biggest drug epidemic in American history, dwarfing the number of lives Stray to crack cocaine or methamphetamines. Community fights drug intemperance out of education at wish For Re - WECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather and sports Wilmington, NC Hope For healing 2017 spreads awareness about alcohol & drug intemperance SaturdayThe society gathers to spre