The Epidemic of Opiate Abuse: Its Causes and (Potential) Solutions

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• April 16th, 2020
• addiction epidemic, mental health, opiate dependence, pain management, pharmaceutical industry, policy reform, social determinants of health, substance use
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The use of mind and mood altering substances is certainly not unique to our modern post-industrialized society. Epidemics of substance use and addiction have ravaged communities for hundreds of years. Homo Sapiens and their ancestors have sought relief from suffering for as long as suffering has...