We didn’t know what it was, yet, but for many of us, Ledger’s death felt like something new. For close observers, the pharmacopeia of this grim tally contained clues as to the nature and evolution of the opioid epidemic. But even the guys who’d juiced the opioid epidemic by jump-starting the Florida pill mill industry had no idea what they were getting into. Even four years after Ledger’s death, when I began my research, I felt like I’d stumbled into largely undiscovered territory. Unfortunately, that’s another lesson we’ve learned in the decade since Ledger’s death.

Source: Huffington Post January 22, 2018 10:41 UTC