If C. Everett Koop became the highest-profile surgeon general ever by giving the AIDS epidemic a national profile, Vivek Murthy wants to be the surgeon general who united America to combat opioid abuse.
Over the last few months, Murthy went from stressing nutrition, exercise and the benefits of not smoking to a far more urgent message about the lethal painkillers. He has become a much more visible public figure as he speaks out in Washington and takes his message on the road to communities hard hit by the double whammies of opioid and heroin use.
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