Both articles made by New York Times and PBS agree that the opioid addiction recently became a number one threat to our citizens.  According to Editorial Board (2017) “Public health officials have called the current opioid epidemic the worst drug crisis in American history, killing more than 33,000 people in 2015.”(para. 2). This number is close to victims who died from car accidents and proves that opioid addiction is the major threat for the nation. It is important to follow how the state officials response to increasing number of deaths from heroin overdoses problem. Governor of NH Maggie Hassan thinks that “The opioid epidemic is really our most pressing public health and public safety issue right now” (as cited in Woodruff, 2016 p.1). It shows that problematic states are able to identify the problem and to launch the programs that will help.