A devastating, empathetic look at the opioid epidemic in the United States, through the eyes of a paramedic on the front lines. I] set my cardiac monitor down by the young man's head. He is lifeless, his face white with a blue tinge. I apply the defibrillator pads to his hairless chest . . . A week from today, after the young man's brain shows no signs of electrical activity, the medical staff will take the breathing tube out,...