“Every day, more than 90 Americans die after overdosing on opioids. The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—is a serious national crisis that affects public health as well as social and economic welfare.” – The National Institute on Drug Abuse
- HHS Opioid Factsheet
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/Factsheet-opioids-061516.pdf - List of opioids
http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/narcotic-pain-medications#1 - As Opioid Crisis Alarms Communities, Drug Education Now Starts in Kindergarten
http://neatoday.org/2017/03/01/opioid-crisis-schools/ - MD Opioid Crisis and Education
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/21/maryland-opioid-crisis-and-education/ - Ohio lawsuit reveals jaw-dropping stats about the opioid crisis
https://news.vice.com/story/ohio-lawsuit-reveals-jaw-dropping-stats-about-the-opioid-crisis - American Society of Addiction Medicine
https://www.asam.org/docs/default-source/advocacy/opioid-addiction-disease-facts-figures.pdf - Opioid Action
http://opioidaction.org/report/ - Other Side of Epidemic, This man Two Sons That Have Overdosed (Neither Died)
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/mcminn-county-man-explains-other-side-of-the-opioid-epidemic-thats-left-him-in-pain - Vox Video about fentanyl
https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/7/27/16049840/fentanyl-opioid-epidemic-worse - Reuters Article by Yasmeen Abutaleb
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-healthcare-opioids/ - In Annual Speech, Vermont Governor Shifts Focus to Drug Abuse
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/us/in-annual-speech-vermont-governor-shifts-focus-to-drug-abuse.html - Time: 6 Ways to Fight America’s Heroin Epidemic
http://time.com/4496013/heroin-opioid-addiction-treatment/ - Vox: How fentanyl became America’s leading cause of overdose deaths
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/8/15454832/fentanyl-carfentanil-opioid-epidemic
