Why Oregon is taking a ‘solution’ to the state’s opioid crisis
The state’s heroin and prescription opioid crisis is getting worse, and Oregon is doing something about it.In the past year, the Oregon Health Authority has taken the unprecedented step of suspending more than 2,000 OxyContin prescriptions.The suspensions have cost the state $1.1 million, and they have resulted in a nearly 50% increase in overdose deaths