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(HealthNewsDigest.com, May 18) – Doctors who overprescribe opioid pills to patients could be playing a part in addiction and the high number of drug-related deaths in the United States.

(Eurweb, May 11) DrugAbuse.com recently reported that between 1999 and 2005, more Americans died from substance abuse-related deaths than the number of Americans who died in WWI and WWII combined.

(Bloomberg, May 11) When many Americans who were addicted to pain medication could no longer get them due to their expense or availability, they turned to the cheaper and highly addictive heroin. Because of that, demand for the illegal opioid has gone through the roof.

(NorthJersey.com, May 11) Parents in Wayne County New Jersey recently got an up-close look at where teens may be hiding drugs from local prevention experts.

(News 5 Cleveland, May 11) As the nation grapples with widespread opioid addiction, one Cleveland clinic is turning to medicine-free strategies to treat chronic pain.

(Fox News, May 9) Free cartons of Narcan, the nasal spray that reverses an opioid overdose, will soon be making its way onto college campuses thanks to The Clinton Foundation and Adapt Pharma.

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s most recent Take Back Day event collected more than 450 tons of prescription drugs – the most ever in the event’s history.

Students who never used marijuana in high school are more likely to start if they go to college.

Young people who were exposed to crack cocaine while they were in the womb are more likely to use tobacco and marijuana by age 15, according to research from Case Western Reserve University.

(Associated Press, May 4) The opioid – which looks like a concrete mix -- is responsible for a rash of overdoses in Alabama, Georgia and Ohio.