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(The Sun, April 10) Drug dealers have taken to dating app Tinder to hawk their drugs.

(CBS Boston, April 6) Children and teens prescribed painkillers for sports injuries may lead to addiction and drug abuse. 

(The Daily Courier, April 10) In early October 2015, Kiley DeMond came home to find her 20-year-old son Trip dead in his bedroom. 

(Daily Mail, April 6) A YouTube star created a social experiment to see if teens could be easily swayed under peer pressure to try marijuana.

(Why Y, April 1) About 60 medical schools will be requiring students to learn about chronic pain and prescribing in order to graduate.

(CNN, March 29) At the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, President Obama announced steps that will be taken to fight drug addiction.

(Legal Reader, March 26) Drug companies will need to include information about misuse, abuse, addiction, overdose, and death on all opioids such as oxycodone and codeine. 

(Sacramento Bee, March 25) One drug counselor believes the spike may be the result of \"teens looking for some extra fun during spring break.\"

(Charleston Gazette-Mail, March 27)Heroin laced with fentanyl, a powerful opioid, is causing overdose deaths to skyrocket in West Virginia.

(Public News Service, March 21) Prescription drug overdose is the leading cause of calls to poison centers in Ohio.