INCREASE IN HIV INFECTIONS
HIV Outbreaks, Opioid Misuse, and Small Town America
When we hear the words, “HIV outbreak” odds are we think of Africa, or maybe the United States in the early to mid-1990s. Even if we consider an “HIV outbreak” as occurring on American soil, we instantly assume cloud-shrouded high rises, sprawling urban metropolis, and downtrodden poor neighborhoods tucked back into the industrial districts.
The Connection between “Tamper-Resistant” Opioids and Skyrocketing Communicable Disease Crises
Opioid painkillers are a class of drugs which started off seeming like a good idea but which instead ended up creating the worst addiction epidemic that our nation has likely ever seen.