Opioid epidemic in the United States

ongoing and extensive overuse of opioid medications, both from medical prescriptions and from illegal sources, which began in the United States in the late 1990s, when opioids were increasingly prescribed for pain management

Commentary Health Culture & Society
Jul 30 2023
The Fentanyl Crisis Is Worsening under Joe Biden
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Commentary Health Culture & Society
Jun 21 2023
How to Think about the Drug Crisis
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Report Health
Aug 04 2022
The Drug Crisis: Problems and Solutions for Local Policymakers
By Charles Fain Lehman Read time 31 mins Read More
Press Release
May 05 2022
New Report: The White House’s Failure to Fight Fentanyl
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Issue Brief Health
May 05 2022
Fighting Fentanyl: The Biden Administration’s Failure of Leadership
By Randall Lutter Read time 16 mins Read More
Commentary Culture Culture & Society
Dec 21 2020
Criticism for the Sake of It? Hillbilly Elegy’s Politicized Reviews Are about More Than Movies
By Charles F. McElwee Read time 4 mins Read More
Commentary Economics Healthcare
Mar 11 2020
How the Government Subsidized Our Opioid Addiction
By Casey B. Mulligan Read time 5 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety Policing, Crime Control
Jun 17 2019
Progressives Just Won’t Admit the Truth About Opioids and the Homeless
By Christopher F. Rufo Read time 4 mins Read More
Commentary Culture, Culture, Health Culture & Society, Children & Family
Nov 06 2017
Opioid Deaths Are Surging Among Single and Divorced Americans, Especially Men
By Kay S. Hymowitz Read time 5 mins Read More
Press Release Health Serious Mental Illness
Oct 27 2017
Elinore McCance-Katz, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Keynotes Mental Health Symposium
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