Most Doctors Are Ill-Equipped to Deal With the Opioid Epidemic. Few Medical Schools Teach Addiction.

Sharon, a patient, becomes emotional as medical student Chioma Anyikwa speaks with her about her opioid addiction recovery during a checkup visit at Boston Community Health Center, in Boston, Mass., June 21, 2018. Comprehensive addiction training is rare in the American medical education system. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)