Consider this. A young woman is prescribed opioids to manage the chronic pain she faces after a particularly painful car crash. Then, her prescription runs out. This could be due to her doctor wanting her to move onto a different pain management plan, or perhaps to...
We found him slumped over and unresponsive on a city corner, holding a burned-down cigarette in his hand. His heart had stopped; he wasn’t breathing. At the time, I only knew what he had told me on the phone: that he normally took percocet, but hadn’t been able afford...