Opioid Epidemic
I am not an addict. But try and love one, and then see if you can look me square in the eyes and tell me that you didn't get addicted to trying to fix them. If you're lucky, they recover. If you're really lucky, you recover, too.
Union president says he's "literally disgusted" by the spot.
A quarter of patients given a short-term prescription for painkillers transitioned to long-term use.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
In January 2015, the state reported that medically assisted drug treatment had increased by 40 percent.
"Folks are devastated."
As the heroin epidemic has spread, Christie sees a political opportunity.
People started to report that naloxone was preventing overdose deaths.
Heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013.