The crisis could be managed differently than to push innocent people (e.g. heavy chronic pain patients) through withdrawal. Other countries offer e.g. Talidine (Tilidine) combined with an opioid antagonist (Naloxon). This combination avoids to become dependent on these darn opioids, but you can't find a doctor to prescribe it. It seems not to be available in the USA. Why do they only prescribe opioid medicine without the antagonist? That is the real scandal. So to me, with all due respect, it is more of a headline. An issue? Yes, but we have bigger ones, like meth. And who is talking about alcohol, vaping, smoking and others? A short blip on tv, that's it. But with the so called opioid crisis you hit a lot of innocents.