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Discover the pros and cons of the drug Narcan, which prevents overdoses but does not always facilitate long-term addiction recovery.

Baby boomers were frequently exposed to illicit substances. See how this drug culture and other factors continue to impact their risk of developing addiction.

Despite its success rate, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), is still considered controversial in the field of addiction treatment. Some believe that treating addiction with medications such as Suboxone simply replaces one addiction with another.

During the last month, several legislations have been proposed that could greatly affect the opioid epidemic and drug addiction in general.

Fentanyl is a powerful medication that has been seen in headlines across the country. To learn more about this pain medication, watch the short video.

As efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act move forward, there have been questions about how the repeal would affect the opioid epidemic currently throwing the nation into crisis.

Dr. Randall Dwenger, explores the debate around medical marijuana as a treatment for opioid addiction. Does he believe medical marijuana can be a pathway to recovery?

According to Psychology Today, opioids are “a class of controlled pain-management drugs that contain natural or synthetic chemicals based on morphine, the active component of opium.”

One of the most powerful and deadly substances of the opioid class, fentanyl has been linked to numerous fatal overdoses in recent years.

There’s more than one way to tell a story, especially when that story is the opioid epidemic ravaging the nation.

The amount of people who are addicted to prescription painkillers continues to grow, with an estimated 2.1 million people currently misusing opioids in the United States. And for many, the transition from prescription drug misuse to heroin addiction is an easy one.

Grammy award-winning rapper Macklemore and President Barack Obama teamed up last weekend to talk about the national opioid addiction crisis by calling for Congress to increase funding for addiction treatment.