18 Reasons to Avoid the U.S.A.
| September 2, 2016
10. The Heroin Epidemic
When one thinks of drug problems in the United States, you likely think of drug dealers and pushers, selling their wares on the city streets. In fact, the drug problem is much more pervasive than that. Many small towns throughout the country are currently caught up in a heroin epidemic, which was caused by the over-prescription of opioid painkillers over the past several decades.
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