(Keep in mind, while she reels off the number of deaths, that entire population of the state is somewhere around 1.3 million.)

A solid assessment of the crisis, Senator.

I would add that many treatment centers shift the addiction to methadone, which is not a permanent fix. If an addict doesn’t have access to a daily doses they have to rely on illegal drugs again.

We need to investigate and offer non-opioid treatments for opiate addiction.

I would also add that so many of these stories of heroin and other opiod addiction/overdose stories start with medically-prescribed, heavy doses of opiod based drugs.

We need to cut that pipeline off and make not-addictive pain killer options available from the get-go.

(Pssst, I’m referring to medical MJ,ladies…)