The link listed above will direct you to the article “Inside a killer Drug Epidemic” by Julie Bosman. The main idea deals with how opioid use is consuming Americans. Opioid overdose has gradually become what feels like the worst drug crisis in American history. As of 2015 heroin killed more than 33,000 people, and because of this America feels like this epidemic is almost inescapable. Unfortunately, these mass killings exceeded gun homicides.
This article is credible because it was published on The New York Times, Which is a popular source that has won over 117 Pulitzer Prizes and is still privately owned and reviewed by many people before articles are published. Julie Bosman is a political reporter that received a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 2001 from The University of Wisconsin. She has worked with The New York Times for over 15 years.
