But the study suggests that the epidemic's reach into American life has, if anything, been underestimated. The big picture: As the drug epidemic has evolved and become deadlier, it has grown from ...

The article, "What Is Driving the Drug Overdose Epidemic in the United States?,” is based on research Thombs, a Ph.D. student in BC’s Sociology Department, conducted with his co-authors Dennis Thombs ...

This is the story of four families touched by the epidemic. Photo: Robert Libetti ...