215— The Fight For The Right To Live

The opioid epidemic is becoming a serious crisis throughout the United States of America, and addiction as a disease is the pandemic that people need to start paying more attention to than COVID-19. Addiction is a serious disease and those who suffer from it are often neglected from society. This can make matters worse for those with addiction. The capitalist mentality that this entire country is founded on permeates the Big Pharma industry, which can be attributed to being a big contributor to the opioid addiction crisis. Everyone knows someone who struggles with addiction—1 in every 3 Americans has a substance abuse problem. This is a huge percentage of the population, because of that the government needs to step in and intervene by setting up harm reduction policies that can be implemented nation wide. Some of these harm reduction policies can include, but are not limited to, on-site Naxolone, Same-Day Treatment Facilities, and Safe-Injection Houses.