Opinions P.M.: More than 1 million have died in the overdose crisis, but still the response is scandalously inadequate
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| | | |  |  | | Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions. | | | | | |  (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) We now have the tools to save countless people from overdose deaths. What is preventing these tools' widespread use is the stigma and bureaucratic ineptitude that have always marked our relationship to those who use, and need, drugs. By Beth Macy ● Read more » | | | | The president must learn from his missteps in his first year in office. By Michelle A. Williams ● Read more » | | | | Being fully vaccinated should include a third shot. By Leana S. Wen ● Read more » | | | A statue in New York is removed, but the 26th president's library is coming soon. By the Editorial Board ● Read more » | | | | Both Republicans and Democrats don't seem to understand the importance of independent voters. By Henry Olsen ● Read more » | | | | Any hostilities have to be weighed against the potentially catastrophic outcome of the world's two leading nuclear powers going to war. By Branko Marcetic ● Read more » | | | When a country moves into the anocracy zone, the risk of political violence reaches its peak. By Barbara F. Walter ● Read more » | | | | It's up to voters and politicians, not jurors and prosecutors, to stop a Trump comeback. By Max Boot ● Read more » | | | | How GOP legislatures hope to remove big questions about race and the U.S. from the agenda entirely. By Greg Sargent ● Read more » | | | Republicans should not be allowed to push their voting suppression nonsense unchallenged. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | | Biden shows he can put the past behind him. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | | They definitely have an agenda. It's just an unpopular one. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | | | | Local Opinions The pushback from schools and Senate Democrats shows the limits of the governor's ability to get things done by executive orders. By Mark J. Rozell ● Read more » | | | | Party leaders and campaign professionals have invested in analyzing how and where recent campaigns went wrong. By Mileah Kromer ● Read more » | | | | | | Opinions you may have missed  (Molly Magnell for The Washington Post) It's difficult to believe that women can achieve anything when curriculums exclude their accomplishments. By Micaela Wells ● Read more » | | | | Socrates — and his method of civil arguing — deserves a fresh look as an acrimonious year ends. By George F. Will ● Read more » | | | | Public health expert Dr. Leana Wen explains how those who are vaccinated, boosted and tested should make plans. 'Please, Go On' Podcast ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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