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(The New York Times, September 20) As the drug addiction crisis continues to ravage the nation, more and more young children are overdosing after taking an adult’s opioids. 

(Statesman, September 19) “Drugs: Costs and Consequences,” the Drug Enforcement Administration’s traveling exhibit, will open this week at Cedar Park’s Texas Museum of Science and Technology. It will be on display through June 2018.

(NIDA, September 11) Most young people who misuse prescription medication get them for free from friends or relatives, according to a new government report.

(PBS NewsHour, September 12) In response to a record high number of drug overdoses in the state last year, Maryland lawmakers recently passed legislation making opioid education a requirement for students from elementary school to college.

(WLUK, September 11) While many areas in the U.S. are being hit hard by opioid addiction, Wisconsin is seeing a rise in meth use.

(Fortune, September 14, 2017) The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first mobile medical app – called the Reset device – focused on treating people with substance use disorders.

(NPR, September 8) The nationwide opioid addiction epidemic is likely affecting the U.S. workforce as well.

(NBC News, August 31) College leaders need to start paying closer attention to the nationwide opioid epidemic, drug abuse experts warn.

(HealthDay News, August 31) The synthetic opioid, fentanyl, is making the nationwide drug addiction crisis worse, according to new studies.