The opioid epidemic is in charge of longest sustained decrease in US life expectancy because the time of World War I and the Great Influenza. In 2017, nearly 50,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose-with around two million even more coping with opioid craving every day.

The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know can be an accessible, nonpartisan summary of the complexities, politics, and treatments tied to the most devastating health crisis of our time. Its extensive approach and Q&A format offer listeners a useful path to understanding the epidemic from all edges: the essential technology of opioids; the nature of dependency; the underlying known reasons for the opioid epidemic; effective methods to assisting individuals, families, neighborhoods, and national plan; and common myths related to opioid addiction.

Compiled by two expert physicians and enriched with stories from their experiences in the crosshairs of this epidemic, this book can be a crucial resource for any general listener-and for the individuals and families fighting this battle in their very own lives.