The opioid epidemic in your town: What you need to know

Drug overdoses killed 60,000 Americans last year. Opioid addiction is now considered an epidemic. More Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2016 than were killed in the Vietnam war over 2 decades. It took nearly twice as many lives as traffic accidents. Nancy Grace talks with 2 experts in this podcast. Dr. William Morrone, author of the book “American Narcan,” talks about what triggered the epidemic and how it can be stopped. Robin Gelburd, president of the non-profit research group FAIR Health, reveals how the crisis is being dealt with differently around the US.

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