Opioid Epidemic

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• SOURCE: Nursing Clio
  6/18/19
  

  The Opioid Epidemic as Metaphor

  by Faith Bennett

  As cinematic portrayals of opioid use and abuse tend to be this sensational, commonplace opioid usage almost feels as if it doesn’t fit into this pattern of addiction at all. 

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• 6/3/18
  

  The Opioid Addiction Epidemic Is an 8 on the Richter Scale

  by David T. Courtwright

  Here’s how we got here and why this historian is guardedly optimistic.