Former CDC Director says urgent action on America’s opioid crisis “critical”

Former CDC Director says urgent action on America’s opioid crisis “critical”

Recent publications by the CDC outline both the magnitude and the steep increase of America’s opioid crisis. The article on Epimonitor.net includes a table published in The New York Times that shows while death by car accident, guns, and HIV have all decreased since 1990, death by drug overdose has increase by over 500%.
Former Director Tom Frieden outlines several steps he feels are crucial to control and prevention efforts.

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