
Drug abuse has become a major electoral issue in the United States’ presidential race in the wake of disturbing numbers of heroin and prescription painkillers-related deaths, which has nearly quadrupled since 2002. The issue took center stage at a forum in New Hampshire, which witnessed at least 295 opioid deaths in 2015, earlier in January 2016 with Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush rolling out his drug policy aimed at fighting the menace. Continue reading