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 (CBSNewYork, December 6) – Two New York toddlers overdosed after ingesting heroin in separate incidents. Police were able to revive both girls with the anti-overdose drug Narcan.

(WJAC, December 5) Could blue lights reduce heroin use in public bathrooms? One popular convenience chain is testing to find out.

(NPR, November 30) In states that have relaxed their marijuana laws in recent years, some emergency room doctors are seeing rise in an illness related to the drug.

(The Atlantic, November 29) The last photograph of my son Jonathan was taken at the end of a new-student barbecue on the campus green at the University of Denver. 

(FoxNews.com, November 30) Rhode Island police charged the parents of an 8-month-old girl with felony neglect after the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl was found in the infant’s system. 

(WMUR, November 20) If you look at the thousands of lives lost and families torn apart, the opioid addiction epidemic has had a devastating effect on the nation.

(The Herald Online, November 23) A school district in South Carolina is thinking about performing random drug testing on student athletes and student drivers.

(WGNTV, November 22) An Indiana high school teacher was recently arrested after students reported her doing cocaine in the classroom. One student videotaped the alleged drug use through a window on the classroom’s door.

(Kaiser Health News, November 15) As the state of California gets set to begin selling recreational marijuana early next year, there is concern that teenagers won’t understand the dangers of the drug

(ClickonDetroit, November 15) Cookie Crisp cereal laced with marijuana sent three Michigan teens to the hospital recently.