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House Subcommittee Hears Personal Stories of the Opioid Epidemic

Opioid Prescriptions Are at a 25-Year Low, But Opioids Still Leading Cause of Drug Deaths
By Shelby Fleig
Witnesses who lost children to opiod addicition or are former addicts speak to the House subcommittee on health April 19, 2018. Photo by Shelby Fleig
Apr 19, 2018
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Brian Mendell committed suicide at age 25 because he was ashamed of his opioid addiction, despite not having used drugs in more than a year, his father told a House subcommittee Thursday as he demanded that Congress pass laws to fight the epidemic. Mendell is one of the hundreds of Americans who die every day as result of substance abuse.

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Witnesses who lost children to opiod addicition or are former addicts speak to the House subcommittee on health April 19, 2018. Photo by Shelby Fleig