Right now, our country is facing nothing short of an opioid epidemic. How so?

Here are some opioid facts and statistics that might be surprising to you:

• The leading cause of death for Americans under 50 years old is overdosing on drugs, and that death rate continues to increase.
• Every 24 hours, 78 people die from a drug overdose across the country.
• Overdoses cost the United States $20 billion in emergency room care as well as $55 billion in other health and social costs.
• In 2015, right here in North Carolina, there were

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