Police officers are often the ones on the front lines of the drug epidemic. Fed up with seeing members of their community dying in droves, they've taken matters into their own hands with new tools and initiatives. Meanwhile, experts say lawmakers' efforts against the crisis fall short of what are needed, and focus too much on where the epidemic began instead of where it's headed.
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June 04, 2018
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