Fred Wells Brason

LetterCORRESPONDENCE Roy Stein, Kate Roberts, Loftin Wilson, Fred Wells Brason, Sabra Murrow, Brenda Pearson and Robyn Jordan North Carolina Medical Journal July 2021, 82 (4) 302-303; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.82.4.302 To the Editor—The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the opioid epidemic in North Carolina, evidenced by a 22% increase in opioid overdoses in 2021 [1].

There is no greater public health crisis in America today than the rising epidemic of heroin and prescription drugs. It threatens old and young, rural America and inner-cities, the poor and the rich, and future generations if we do nothing.