Opioids
The opioid crisis in the US is well known as depicted on Dopesick, a popular TV series and Empire of Pain, a bestselling non-fiction book by Patrick Radden Keefe. But what is not so apparent is that opioids - class A drugs - are available as NHS prescriptions for pain relief and are sold on the internet as painkillers here in the UK. According to the Priory website, 50 million prescriptions for opioids were written last year and overdoses have increased by 87%. My second nove
