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Kristina Barboza is one of thousands of parents clinging to that belief.
克里斯蒂娜·巴爾博扎就是成千上萬執著于這一信念的父母之一。
"There are miracles that happen every day," she says.
“每天都有奇跡發生，”她說。
"There are people who have gone down so far and have found their way out."
“有些墮入毒網的人已經找到出路了。”
Finding a way out will not be easy, particularly at a time of partisan division when national will is so hard to muster.
找到出路并不容易，尤其是在當前這樣一個黨派分裂，國家意志難以集中的時代。
But the need to act is urgent, and the map is increasingly clear: first, we need to recognize that addiction is a disease.
然而，采取行動的需要迫在眉睫，形勢也越來越清晰：首先，我們得認清毒癮是種病。
The opioid epidemic must be seen as a public-health crisis rather than a moral failure.
阿片類藥物的泛濫必須被視為公共衛生危機而非道德敗壞。
That means expanding access to medically assisted treatment and counseling,
這也意味著，即便放寬了受害者獲取醫療輔助治療和咨詢的機會，
which is widely considered to be the most effective method of getting people off of opioids for good,
這一舉措被廣泛認為是讓人們擺脫阿片類藥物最有效的辦法，
yet is available to far fewer people than all those who need it.
能夠享受到這一機會的人也還是只占所有有需要的人中的一小部分。
We must enhance efforts to reduce the supply, through the work of law enforcement,
我們必須通過執法加大對阿片類藥物供應的控制力度，
by regulating lawful prescriptions and by encouraging other strategies for managing pain.
規范合法的開具處方藥的流程，鼓勵采用其他辦法緩解疼痛。
And, finally, we need to confront problems such as the growing economic divide,
最后，我們還需處理好貧富差距擴大，
unaffordable health care and the diminished employment opportunities for those without a college degree who are helping fuel demand in the first place.
民眾無力負擔醫療保健費用，沒有大學學位而喪失了就業機會的人反而助長了阿片類藥物需求量等一系列問題。
An effort of this order will be a massive undertaking.
按照這個方向努力是一項艱巨的任務。
It will require cooperation between the federal government, local officials, law enforcement and public-health leaders—and far more money than has been set aside so far.
需要聯邦政府，地方官員，執法部門和公共衛生領導人之間的通力合作，也需要遠超迄今為止預留數額的資金。
In early February, Congress allocated $6 billion to help—experts in the field say the amount needs to be at least 25 times that to make a permanent dent.
2月初，國會撥款60億美元來解決這一問題，但該領域的專家說，至少還需要24倍的資金才能取得永久性的進展。
To see the faces and hear the stories of those with the most at stake is to begin to reckon with the crisis.
看到那些與阿片類藥物泛濫最利害攸關的人的面容，聽他們的故事就是應對這一危機的開始。
As Nachtwey once put it: "We must look at it.
正如納赫特韋曾經說的那樣：“我們必須面對。
We’re required to look at it.
我們也只能面對。
We’re required to do what we can about it.
我們只能盡最大的努力。
If we don’t, who will?"
畢竟，如果我們不面對，誰來面對？”
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