One Possible Solution to the Opioid Crisis in the U.S. Has Been Inexplicably Ignored – TIME – June 24, 2019

About 72,000 Americans died from a drug overdose last year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over two-thirds of those deaths were from opioids…Primary care professionals are on the front lines of the opioid epidemic. And thanks to advances in “Medication-Assisted Treatment”—which combines medications that temper cravings, like methadone and buprenorphine, with counseling and therapy—they’re better to equipped to treat dependence than ever before. Read More.