{"id":570313,"date":"2021-04-05T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/?post_type=article&p=570313"},"modified":"2021-04-01T16:35:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T20:35:34","slug":"the-opioid-crisis-was-americas-epidemic-before-covid-research-suggests-that-overdoses-hurt-student-achievement","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/the-opioid-crisis-was-americas-epidemic-before-covid-research-suggests-that-overdoses-hurt-student-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Opioid Crisis Was America\u2019s Epidemic Before COVID. Research Suggests that Overdoses Hurt Student Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"
L<\/span>ong before the emergence of COVID-19, the United States was struggling to contain a years-long opioid crisis that took tens of thousands of lives every year. Now, with Oxycontin manufacturer Purdue Pharma still negotiating billion-dollar penalties<\/a> for its role in the two-decade drug epidemic, experts have begun taking the measure of its impact on student learning.<\/p>\n