“Opiate use in medicine had been destigmatized by crusading doctors. But destigmatizing the new opiate addiction had no prestigious crusaders. That task fell to parents of dead kids and a few individuals with a flair for guerrilla political action...” OpiatesOpiod Epidemic Book:Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic Source: Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic