Opiod Epidemic Quotes

“Because there is no love you can throw on them, no hug big enough that will change the power of that drug; it is just beyond imagination how controlling and destructive it is.”
― Beth Macy, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

“Opiate use in medicine had been destigmatized by crusading doctors. But destigmatizing the new opiate addiction had no prestigious crusaders. That task fell to parents of dead kids and a few individuals with a flair for guerrilla political action...”
― Sam Quinones, Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic