摘要：opioid crisis continues to gain ground in the United States with little regards to color or economic *** than 800 people die weekly from opioid-related overdosestotally well over 42,000 deaths in 2016,and the number is ***,the opioid overdose deaths involved an estimated 40%prescription opioid *** reported by the National Drug Institute(2017),opioid addiction is often described as an“equal opportunity”problem that can afflict people from all races and walks of *** the crack crises of the past,the present opioid epidemic has extremely impacted White Americans not only the rural and poor,but also suburban and middle class or ***,current opioid overdoses deaths have increased for Whites,Blacks,and Hispanics,they have increased to a far greater degree for White *** to battle the increasing opioid epidemic have moved from incarceration to using legislation to limit the prescriptions being *** and federal laws are being enacted to placing limitations on opioid prescriptions.