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The Opioid Crisis
In the United States, we’re dealing with an epidemic of unseen proportions: opioid overdose deaths, which were first with prescribed opioids but now the trend is with synthetic opioids manufactured in labs outside of the United States. These synthetic opioids, most commonly known as fentanyl, are 80-100 times stronger than morphine.
As a trained administrator serving her school as Superintendent, Dr. Ember Conley always felt as though he had her finger on the pulse of her students and their lives. However, when two boys from her school lost their lives to opioid overdose, the curtain was opened on an undercurrent in the school: the hidden society of children and their interactions with one another. Ember was shocked to her core; she regarded this as a wake up call. From there, Ember began working with the DEA, and – as she began headin