What is the opioid crisis? / Sarah E. Ludwig -- The history and potential future of the opioid crisis / Amie L. Severino, Arash Shadfar, Joshua K. Hakimian, Oliver Crane, Ganeev Singh, Keith Heinzerling, and Wendy M. Walwyn -- Drug consumption facilities can provide a better solution to the opioid epidemic / Jarrett Zigon -- From opioids to heroin: how patients transition to heroin / Chris McGreal -- Many of the opioids hitting the streets come from criminal labs in China / Kathleen McLaughlin -- Despite what many believe, doctors are not the cause of the opioid crisis / Sally Satel -- Opioids cannot be the ultimate solution in pain treatment / Timothy J. Atkinson, Jennifer H. Scruggs and Tracey L. Perkins -- As cases of opioid addiction increase, so do cases of sex trafficking / Kristin Detrow -- Analyzing how the opioid crisis affects different groups can lead to its solution / Paola Scommegna -- Pill mills are putting patients at risk and letting them fall through the cracks / Malia Cole -- What does declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency entail? / Greg Allen and Amita Kelly -- Efforts to make naloxone widely available are more difficult than anticipated / Jake Harper.