52 weeks, 52 faces: Obituaries narrate lives lost to the opioid epidemic
Thursday, December 22, 2016
The faces above and the stories below are a snapshot of the devastating opioid epidemic sweeping across the United States. Publicly acknowledging that a family member suffered from an addiction to drugs, or died of an overdose, has long been a taboo subject - one best kept secret among family and a few knowing friends. That…