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1980 NEJM Letter the Genesis of the Opioid Crisis? A now infamous one-paragraph letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1980 may have been the spark that ignited today's opioid epidemic.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/01/health/opioid-epidemic-1980-letter-origins-study/index.html

One short letter's huge impact on the opioid epidemic It's only one paragraph to the editors of the New England Journal of Medicine, but the ripple effect continues to be felt as the US fights an opioid epidemic, new research finds.

Trump's Budget Could Accelerate the Opioid Crisis Presidential budget released this week proposes slashing Medicaid by as much as $1.4 trillion.