The Washington Post | September 25, 2023
With the death rate as high as it is, the problem will be with us not just through the next election, but for decades. “We need a 20-year plan. We need a 50-year plan,” says Shelly Weizman of Georgetown University’s Addiction and Public Policy Initiative. “Where do we want to be in 20 years after all this money is spent? What do we want it to look like? Is it just less death, or do we want to really help people live?”