

This StoryMap is an illustrated overview of the opioid epidemic, the money and people involved. "Americans should be empowered by access to clear and unbiased information about money’s role in politics and policy and to use that knowledge to strengthen our democracy." ( Open Secrets). How do you engage and inform people with little free time about the issues that impact them? Keep your message short, engaging and interactive.

Where did people die from drug overdoses in America? Who were the politicians responsible for looking out for their constituents in those areas? How do the wealthy and politically well connected make billions from the deaths of other Americans? Where can you find accurate information on corporate profits, political donations and public deaths? How much do you know about Purdue Pharma? The Sackler Family and their political donations to Republicans? And a settlement that would let the family 'hold onto their freedom and most of their money'?
