1.0Community Change is a national organization that builds the power of low-income people, especially people of color, to fight for a society where everyone can thrive.https://communitychange.orgAngela Pupinohttps://communitychange.org/author/apupino/Stop Using Children as Props in the War on Opiods - Community Change is a national organization that builds the power of low-income people, especially people of color, to fight for a society where everyone can thrive.rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://communitychange.org/changewire/stop-using-children-props-war-opiods/">Stop Using Children as Props in the War on Opiods</a></blockquote>
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</script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://communitychange.org/changewire/stop-using-children-props-war-opiods/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Stop Using Children as Props in the War on Opiods” — Community Change is a national organization that builds the power of low-income people, especially people of color, to fight for a society where everyone can thrive." frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://communitychange.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/103256178_e4ae0b27a6_o-1.jpg35042336Originally published on the Huffington Post. Photo credit: DJWess via Flickr Creative Commons. It is no secret that the opioid epidemic is ravaging communities across the United States. In my hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, it seems like every nightly news broadcast brings stories of still more opioid overdoses and deaths. But there was a local