What started as a noticeable rise in overdose deaths between 2012 and 2015 turned into a full-blown epidemic in 2016. As a result of the alarming statistics, media coverage rapidly increased awareness, while law enforcement acknowledged the severity of the new opioid overdose threat to the public. Unfortunately, what the news showed as the typical … Continue reading US Opioid Crisis – Part 4: The Pathway to Addiction and the Updating of the Law