Opioid Epidemic Creating a Painful Reality in the U.S. – Union Times – April 10, 2019

Although Minnesota’s death rates from each of the three types of opioids – prescription opioid painkillers, heroin and synthetic opioids – are significantly lower than the U.S. rate, Minnesota has followed the same general trend in deaths from opioids, as well as a much more rapid growth in deaths from heroin and synthetic opioids since 2010. Read More.