An ad pops up between my turns on Words with Friends. It is a quiz about food insecurity. I search for the icon which will let me skip the ad and get back to my game.

The opioid epidemic in our country, and around the globe, continues. Despite recognition of the addictive properties of Oxycontin; despite the lawsuits against its manufacturer, Purdue Pharma; despite the uncovering of the unscrupulous and dishonest methods employed by sales reps to encourage doctors to write unnecessary prescriptions; despite the closing of endless “pill mills” operated by shady doctors; the epidemic rages on.