How different is the response to the opioid crisis from that of the crack epidemic?

Several years ago, Prince was found dead in an elevator in his Paisley Park home/studio. The cause of death was found to be opioids overdose-specifically fentanyl. As fans debated how true this was or floated various conspiracy theories behind the death of this prolific genius, one thing was clear: his death was among thousands of deaths by the same substance that year. In 2016, the number of deaths caused by opioid overdose was a staggering 42,249 people. By 2017 that number would rise almost 13% to 47,600 deaths. Between 2000 and 2017, 391,152 people died from opioid overdose in the U.S., or more than the population of Cleveland, Ohio. <a href="https://arimeier.medium.com/how-different-is-the-response-to-the-opioid-crisis-from-that-of-the-crack-epidemic-d6dc60dd95d8">Read More</a>