To put this crisis in perspective: opioid-related deaths are having a noticeable effect on life expectancy in North America. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-ca

To put this crisis in perspective: opioid-related deaths are having a noticeable effect on life expectancy in North America. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/problematic-prescription-drug-use/opioids/data-surveillance-research/harms-deaths/measuring-impact-on-life-expectancy.html https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-us... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_Unite... How these people are allowed to carry on this business is beyond me. It's one of the biggest problems around, and is easily solved through legislation. The fact that it's barely a topic of discussion come election time highlights the dysfunction and poor prioritization of our governments.