HOW THE OPIOID CRISIS BEGAN - #TheAgenda explains
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The seeds of the opioid crisis were sown in the mid 1990s, when pharmaceutical companies began promoting prescription opioid medication like OxyContin. But how did the epidemic slide from one of legal painkillers into illicit heroin use? Here Stephen Cole speaks to former addicts and their journey through loss and recovery.
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