The facts seem all too clear. In 1999, 8,200 people died from opioid overdose. Fifteen years later, that number had more than quadrupled to 33,091. And the trend has been accelerating (see chart). Today, more people die of opioid overdose In just two years than died during all of the Vietnam war. According to many, … Continue reading Getting to the Bottom of the Opioid Epidemic