Letter to the editor: We must unite to fight drug epidemic

America’s drug epidemic — the crime, the deaths, the recovery — is affecting everyone, and we all must help to fight it. We need to pray for those suffering with addiction and for police officers. Officers need to be properly equipped to deal with this epidemic, and those suffering should also be equipped with the right help for recovery.

We need more drug awareness programs in schools and on the streets. We need rehab directors in hospital emergency rooms.

We all need to unite, because this is our country, and it’s sad that are losing so many people — we lost more than 70,000 people to drug overdoses in 2017 alone.

America is falling apart. Enough is enough. No more deaths!

Lisa Illinsky

Springdale