Opioid Crisis: Expecting Different Results with the Same Old Approach

The opioid crisis has raged for decades, yet the response remains largely unchanged—a cycle of temporary fixes, bureaucratic stagnation, and outdated policies that fail to address the physiological, neurological, and psychological realities of opioid dependence. The numbers speak for themselves: overdose deaths continue to rise, fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills flood the streets, and millions remain trapped […]