Question: Opioid Epidemic - who got rich?
Instructions: Listen to the NPR On Point broadcast (audio podcast) about the issue: (The untold story about the family that made billions off America's Opioid flood, knowing the risks and pushing the product anyway.)
Listen to the podcast. What are your opinions about the origins of the opioid epidemic in America? How should we address this issue as a nation? Given what you've learned this semester and in this podcast, should we blame the family who made huge profits, the big Pharma companies who profited, the doctors for over-prescribing, the black-market dealers, or the addicts themselves? Discuss. What do you see as possible solutions to this social problem?
To earn full credit (10 pts.): Answer the question fully (at least 200 words) in your own words.