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user-inactivated  ·  1960 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Federal Judge Orders Release Of Dataset Showing Drug Industry's Role In Opioid Crisis

    More than 200,000 Americans have died from prescription opioid-related overdoses since the epidemic began in the 1990s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Even more people have lost any combination of their jobs or careers, homes, families, etc., as well as become stigmatized by society, entered the court system, etc. Honestly, I think it's hard to overstate the impact of this problem.