The epidemic of opioid abuse that's swept the U.S. has left virtually no community unscathed, from big cities to tiny towns.In fact, drug overdose is now the leading cause of injury death in this country: more than gun deaths; more than car crashes.There were more than 47,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That includes unintentional overdoses and suicides. More than half of those were from opioids, including painkillers and heroin.I went to rural Berks County in southeast Pennsylvania to hear what the opioid epidemic means in a small town, a place where everyone knows everyone and the ripples of addiction spread wide.Really, I could have gone just about anywhere. No community is immune.The landscape in Berks County is bucolic: rolling farmland studded with silos and 19th-century stone barns. But that peaceful landscape belies a serious problem. Opioid addiction is deeply embedded in these small towns."It's become
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