Summary: Over 75 Americans die every day of an opioid overdose (both prescription drug opioids and heroin), a number that has quadrupled since 1999. Meanwhile, the amount of prescription drug opioids (oxycodone, hydrocodone and their ilk) sold in the United States has grown fourfold during the same period. -- Our experts explored the scope of this growing problem, and the proposed legislative solution, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2016. -- Featuring: Shane Dana, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Case Agent, Chasing the Dragon Project and Drew Hudson, Legislative Counsel, United States Senate Judiciary Committee. Moderator: James Baehr, Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana.
