US addiction statistics are dire. Small changes won't solve the problem
Maia Szalavitz
A new Surgeon General report tries to push reform, but it doesn’t dismantle the basic assumptions about immorality that hamper drug and alcohol treatment
US child opioid overdoses increased over past two decades, research finds
America’s opioid crisis has taken top slot as a public health concern a little more than a year after the FDA approved Oxycontin for use among children
Pills laced with deadly opioid infiltrating drug market, DEA says
The illegal drugs look like known prescription painkillers and contain high amounts of fentanyl as law enforcement says problem is expected to escalate
War on prescription drugs: what if you depend on opioids to live a decent life?
In the debate over opioid addition, there’s one group we aren’t hearing from: chronic pain patients, many of whom need to use the drugs on a long-term basis
Heroin killed my brother 38 years ago. Too many still suffer in its clutches
Eugene Paul
The heartbreak of losing a loved one to a drug overdose never goes away. I hope the trend toward treatment instead of punishment prevents future suffering
Opioids are a bipartisan issue because they've become a mainstream, white one
Celine Gounder
Our lawmakers don’t agree on much, but they do agree on needing to give more funds to fighting the US painkiller epidemic now that it’s hit white people
What is fentanyl? The little-known but deadly drug that killed Prince
One of the most dangerous drugs is a synthetic opioid ‘so potent and that even a microgram amount can kill’ – and it’s up to 50 times more powerful than heroin
