Most of the Democratic candidates running for president addressed the opioid epidemic for the first time during Tuesday night's debate, calling for stiff punishment for pharmaceutical and drug manufacturing executives who flooded the market with the highly addictive drugs that led to more than 100,000 overdose deaths in the United States.
More than 2 million people report an opioid use disorder in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , yet government measures that limit opioid production and prescriptions can harm another 50 million Americans who report persistent pain. It's often the latter group—pain patients—who are left out of the conversation, and last night's debate was no exception, Nicholson said.
Kobuchar added that those responsible for the crisis, presumably the pharmaceutical companies, should pay for people's treatment.Sen. Cory Booker , Sen. Kamala Harris , Sen. Bernie Sanders , former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren interact during the Democratic Presidential Debate at Otterbein University on October 15, 2019 in Westerville, Ohio.
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