James Moore holds a log that records opioid-related deaths in the area as he talks about its significance at Moore’s Bicycle Shop, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Hattiesburg, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Below is an opinion column by James Moore:
Editor’s note: October is National Drug Prevention Month, making an essay on the ongoing opioid epidemic both timely and pertinent. Mississippi Today Ideas publishes guest essays on the issues impacting the state.
