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Topic: America’s opioid crisis

A man uses heroin under a bridge where he lives with other addicts in the Kensington section of Philadelphia which has become a hub for heroin use on January 24, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Getty/Spencer Platt)

Opioid addicts on how they got addicted

Matthew Rozsa
(AP Photo/Chris Post)

Workers overdosing on the job

Jenny Gold - KFF Health News
Rudy Giuliani (Getty/Alex Wong)

Rudy: Conflict of interest in drug case?

Shira Tarlo
FILE - This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. Overdoses don't happen just to heroin addicts _ patients who legally use strong painkillers called opioids are at risk in the nation’s epidemic, too. A new study says when patients were prescribed an overdose antidote along with those medications, they made fewer painkiller-related visits to the emergency room. The study released on June 27, 2016, went a step further _ to see if the take-home antidote idea also could work for patients with chronic pain who may not realize they could accidentally get into trouble with prescription painkillers such as Oxycontin, Vicodin and others. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) (AP)

Oxycontin maker cuts sales staff

Nicole Karlis