Editor’s Note: The United States is in the midst of the worst drug crisis in history. In 2017, nearly 50,000 Americans died of an opioid overdose. For the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), Manatt Health has created a...more
The United States is in the midst of the worst drug crisis in its history. In 2017, nearly 50,000 Americans died of an opioid overdose, including more than 2,000 Californians. Addressing the epidemic requires responses from...more
The Genesis of the Opioid Crisis -
The deaths caused by opioids in 2016 exceeded the total deaths in any single year from car accidents, gun violence and even HIV/AIDS at the height of that epidemic. Multiple factors have...more