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Posted on: September 15, 2021

[ARCHIVED] 'The Gateway Drugs' Of The Opioid Crisis

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Prescribed painkillers were the “gateway drugs” that triggered the ongoing opioid crisis. Across America, another 49,860 lives were lost due to opioid overdoses in 2019—a 50.7% increase compared to the 33,091 lives lost in 2015. How did this happen?

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