Home Congress America’s crisis isn’t opioids—it’s ignorance Congress America’s crisis isn’t opioids—it’s ignorance By cjordan@thehill.com Ryan Hampton Opinion Contributor - December 18, 2018 10 0 SHARE Facebook Twitter I grew up in Florida, within miles of the epicenter of what we now call a national opioid crisis. I got hooked on prescription painkillers in Florida, buying green and blue tablets from the pill mills that spread through Miami. I learned to shoot…