The United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams joined a panel discussion on opioid addiction at the University of Michigan Thursday.
Adams highlighted the challenges of the opioid addiction epidemic, calling for a cultural change in how people use opioid medications.
"We need you all to have discussions in your communities, at your board room tables, at your break room tables, at your dinner tables, about how dangerous these medications can be when used improperly and the fact that in the majority of cases you simply don't need them," said Adams.