Opioids crisis articles
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SC governor's summit discusses strategies to face opioid crisis
In 2022, 72 percent of overdose deaths in the state were caused by fentanyl, which is lethal even in small doses and many times its presence is not even known to the user.
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Reader letter: Time for action on Windsor-Essex's opioid crisis
Opioids are prescription drugs that are used to treat pain. Many people in Windsor-Essex are using these drugs when they do not need them, which can lead to overdose. In 2014, Windsor-Essex saw 18 opioid-related deaths. In 2022, that figure rose to 113 local opioid-related deaths, according to Ontario Public Health. Windsor-Essex is clearly facing […]
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Letters to the Editor: Metro has a safety crisis because America has a poverty crisis. We can fix both
To the editor: I've lived in the L.A. area since 2007 and have been a champion of public transit. Yet, in the last five years, I've seen the degradation throughout the system as reported in your recent articles on Metro safety. Yes, we have to make our bus drivers and other personnel safe. But we're also dealing with a problem occasioned by our nation's failure to deal with poverty. As more and more people become homeless, drug-addicted, frightened and broken, violence grows. We can't make life...