all threat. can genetic engineering help crop stand up to climate change? and the usa is battling against a drug of the deadliest kind with no end in sight. around 1000000 americans have died from drug overdoses since 1999. most of them from opioid says the u. s. health authority, c. d. c. the so called opioid crisis was triggered not by drug dealers, but by us pharmaceutical company per do. in 1996 purdue introduced a drug to the market that it advertised as a homeless pain killer. it was later revealed to be highly addictive. even when taken as prescribed. several lawsuits have been filed against the family who own purdue. last year, multiple u. s. pharmacy chains were ordered to pay $13800000000.00 in damages. it s hard to see a way out of the p o. h crisis, especially as drug cartels have long since discovered the lucrative market for themselves. a ruthless killer on the streets of america, fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroine in the us. someone dies of fentanyl