The U.S. Has Two Opioid Epidemics: The Federal Response Should Consider Both

Last month, President Trump announced his proposal to combat the opioid epidemic. In a new To the Point post, the Commonwealth Fund’s Shanoor Seervai, Arnav Shah, and Eric Schneider, M.D., say those implementing the plan should acknowledge that the United States no longer has just one deadly opioid epidemic but at least two.