While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to dominate the news, coverage of America’s “other” health crisis -- the opioid epidemic -- has fallen off the front page, even as the damage and death it’s bringing to our country grows. In the 12 months ending in May 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded more than 81,000 overdose deaths -- the most ever recorded in a 12-month period by the Centers.
