> What I find fascinating and disappointing is how much the opioid crisis isn't being talked about or addressed proportional to other societal issues.

Actually, it is the opposite. Gun violence, opioid crisis, etc are given too much attention.

The deaths of opioid crisis and gun deaths are minuscule compared to the deaths cause by obesity, sedentary lifestyle, cancer, heart disease, etc.

Take the top two killers in america - heart disease and cancer ( about 600K deaths each ) vs gun violence + opioid crisis ( about 30K each ).

Heart disease by itself kill 10X more people than gun violence and opioid crisis combined.