b'OPIOIDSDYING TOGET HIGHUnderstanding Americas opioid crisisby Holly Geyer, MDI f you own a TV, this topic will be on it tonight. Americas opioid epidemic follows the serpentine storyline of a national overprescribing crisis, rapidly eclipsed by an addiction and overdose crisis that now claims a startling 80,000 American lives each year. These numbers are on the rise.\x0226 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024'