The Flawed Response to the Opioid Crisis: A Lesson from History
The U.S. response to the opioid crisis is dangerously off track. While illicit fentanyl fuels a growing number of overdose deaths, lawmakers have focused their efforts on restricting prescription opioids—punishing pain patients and doctors in the process. This post explores how fear-based policies and historical health scares, like the Bendectin panic and the swine flu…
