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With the rise of opioid addiction, people across the nation are considering marijuana as a substitute for prescription painkillers.

(July 17) Fentanyl and its more powerful derivatives are behind a growing number of opioid overdose deaths in 10 states, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(Gizmodo, July 9) More heroin users are inhaling the drug and it’s causing them irreversible brain damage and dementia, according to a recent report published in JAMA Neurology.

(Mayo Clinic, May 11) Anyone who uses prescription opioids can become addicted,  though other factors – such as length of use and personal history— may play a role.

(Washington State University, July 2) Stopping the use of opioids does not make pain (that isn’t related to cancer) worse, according to research out of Washington State University.

(The Washington Post, June 30) A person’s addiction to opioids can cause their parents to develop C-PTSD – complex post-traumatic stress disorder – due to the constant stress and worry they go through.

(CNBC, June 29) The nationwide opioid epidemic has led to a surge in the number of addiction treatment centers over the last few years. 

(NBC News, June 27) Since 1999, as many as 70,000 people may have died from opioid overdoses, but weren’t added to the national opioid overdose death toll, according to a new report from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh.

(CNN, June 26) During recent years, the supplies of cocaine and heroin worldwide hit their highest levels, according to the most recent World Drug report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday.

(CNN, June 25) Between 2007 and 2016 there were more than 11,000 calls made to U.S. Poison Control Centers because of children’s exposure to buprenorphine, according to a new report.