Lesson #191

America is finally coming to grips with its opioid crisis

Abuse of legal and illegal opioids has become a public health crisis in the United States; overdoses of opioids now kill more people than car crashes or guns. After years of seeing prescriptions--and then overdoses--increase at an alarming rate, local and national governments are finally holding drug companies and illegal pain clinics responsible for their role in the crisis. Plus, learn the phrasal verb "root out."