Examining an epidemic: Communities struggling to combat devastating effects of opioid addiction

The clearest sign, however, is a 275 percent increase in the number of people who died of overdoses of opioids this past year compared to 2016. The 15 people who died of overdoses involving opioids in 2017 ranged in age from 21 to 55 and included 12 men and three women. In comparison, there ...