It’s Time to Fight Like Hell to End Our Overdose Crisis

LA Progressive
Sep 2, 2018 · 5 min read

Our country’s overdose crisis kills more people every day than gun violence, suicides, and traffic accidents. Even more shocking is that these lives could be saved — yet we fail to act.

Our government’s failure to save lives, when it knows how, is the greatest tragedy of all — and we refuse to accept it.

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