“An endless parade of death” is how a drug addict, trying to beat his crack dependence, describes what he has witnessed over the past 18 months. Steven Sheldon, 42, of Port Huron, Michigan, says he knows of 40 people who have died after overdosing on drugs in that time. They are just a few of the 96,000 Americans, who, according to the CDC, died from overdoses between March 2020 and March 2021. Port Huron is a city of 29,000 people, located about an hour north of Detroit. Sheldon told The Epoch Times: “I’ve been clean for 44 days. I’ve been on crack cocaine for 17 years. If you are lucky enough to survive, you are blessed. I’m blessed.” Many of his acquaintances haven’t been so fortunate. “The past 18 months has been an endless parade of death. I know of 40 people who have died during that time, of overdoses. …