In 2016, more than 59,000 Americans died of drug overdoses. This is more than the number of American casualties suffered during the entire Vietnam War. Understandably, the lives lost on foreign soil prompted a wave of civil outrage. Yet, today’s drug epidemic hasn’t prompted a similar response, and as a nation, we’re trending in the wrong direction.
Who profits from this epidemic, one in which Americans spend $65 billion annually?
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