Lessons About Despair, Dope, and Death From Athens to Pence’s Indiana

SUICIDE WATCH

At a little café in the Greek capital, there’s much to be learned about the opioid epidemic eating away at America.

Published Apr. 11 2017 1:00AM EDT

articles/2017/04/11/lessons-about-despair-dope-and-death-from-athens-to-pence-s-indiana/170403-siegal-athens-heroin-tease_ls9pev — \Yannis Behrakis / Reuters

ATHENS—Outside a café just blocks off Omonia Square, a bustling marketplace in downtown Athens, Greeks in puffy jackets and worn blue jeans struggled to stay awake on a Spring afternoon, even as they sipped espresso and chain-smoked.

One could walk right past the place without knowing it’s where old Greeks go...

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Lessons About Despair, Dope, and Death From Athens to Pence’s Indiana

At a little café in the Greek capital, there’s much to be learned about the opioid epidemic eating away at America.

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Zachary Siegel