Health officials have made a promise to develop drugs that will suppress the opioid epidemic.
“Every day, they noted in the journal article, 90 Americans die of opioid overdoses despite the widespread availability of naloxone, which counteracts opioid's life-threatening effects.” (Bernstein, 2017, n.p.). According to one of the charts provided by, author of the article, Lenny Bernstein, a good chunk of motor vehicle accidents result from opioid overdoses and/or involvement. If addicts do recover, it is more likely than not that they will relapse.
“Top federal health officials said Wednesday that they will launch a joint effort with pharmaceutical companies to accelerate the development of drugs...