Cameron Morgan More than 42,000 people died of opioid overdoses in the United States in 2016—9,000 more than in 2015. That’s the largest yearly increase in recorded history. And given the unwavering incline in annual opioid-overdose deaths since 1999, even more people might have died in 2017. It is clear this crisis needs to be…
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Opioid crackdown forces pain patients to taper off drugs they say they need.
Hank Skinner and his wife, Carol, are no strangers to pain, having collectively experienced multiple illnesses and surgeries. Hank relies on a fentanyl patch but is now being forced to lower his dosage. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) By Joel Achenbach and Lenny Bernstein September 10 at 10:54 AM Carol and Hank Skinner of Alexandria, Va.,…
