Report: Painkiller prescriptions may have peaked
After two decades of skyrocketing use and abuse, "the culture is changing"
America's Opioid Epidemic
"I need to have a life": New ways to fight painkiller addiction
As opioid-related overdose deaths continue to climb, CBS News examines the pathway from pain to prescription painkillers and addiction
Heroin addict fights through emotional first days of rehab
CBS News cameras documented a heroin addict's first days trying to get clean and beat his disease
Dangerous heroin-fentanyl combination fuels overdoses
Every 18 minutes, someone in America dies of an opioid overdose; the frightening rates of overdoses are fueled by a mix of heroin and an opioid called fentanyl
Life or death: A heroin addict's last day before rehab
CBS News cameras followed a heroin addict as he spent his last day looking to score drugs before checking into rehab
How opioid addicts can get help
Seventy-eight Americans die every day from an opioid overdose; here's how to get help if you or a loved one is struggling with addiction
In the shadow of death: Jason's journey
Jason Amaral, a 30-year-old heroin addict, is working to get clean after 10 years of overdoses, family losses and hardships. His journey to recovery will be documented in the "CBS Evening News" series, "In the Shadow of Death: Jason's Journey"
Amid heroin epidemic, a focus on stopping drugs at border
Only a tiny fraction of the heroin produced in Mexico for U.S. consumption is seized yearly, and smuggling efforts are sophisticated
Former FDA head: Opioid epidemic one of "great mistakes of modern medicine"
"We didn't see these drugs for what they truly are," said Dr. David Kessler -- 78 people now die each day from overdosing on painkillers
Officials across U.S. consider drug shoot-up rooms
In response to heroin epidemic, some want to allow medically-supervized drug sites to reduce risk of overdoses
Parents refuse to bury truth about son's heroin overdose death
At a funeral for their 20-year-old son, grieving parents weren't holding back
The Heroin Epidemic
Ohio has been hit hard by the heroin epidemic and is taking extra measures, including drug courts, to reduce the deaths and incarcerations caused by the drug
Maine could be first to OK medical pot to treat addicts
Nearly 30 medical marijuana caregivers and patients told state regulators at a hearing on Tuesday that marijuana eases the symptoms of opioid withdrawal
Mother of overdose victim wins praise for blunt obit
After her daughter died from a heroin overdose, she hoped the tragedy would help raise awareness of the "merciless" disease of addiction
West Virginia doctor investigated for deaths in opioid epidemic
Dr. Michael Kostenko has written more than 40,000 prescriptions for oxycodone in the last two years -- 3 of his patients have died
"Safe space" for heroin addicts sparks controversy
Boston center aims to protect addicts from overdosing, but some worry it could encourage more drug use
California lawmaker wants to allow supervised heroin use
Proponents say the plan would cut down on overdoses, but law enforcement fears it will worsen addiction
Opioid overdoses kill 10 people in 12 days in Sacramento area
Doctors are sounding the alarm about fentanyl, an opioid so powerful that one pill is enough to kill
Obama: U.S. opioid epidemic as great a threat as terrorism
Across the country, opioid deaths -- whether caused by pain pills or heroin -- jumped 372 percent from 2000 to 2014
Pregnant heroin addicts seek treatment at Pittsburgh program
Without this treatment, up to 80 percent of babies of opiate users have withdrawal symptoms when they're born
New guidelines aim to reduce painkiller abuse
Doctors prescribe enough opioid painkillers each year for every adult in the U.S. to have a bottle; experts say that has to change
Mislabeled painkillers "a fatal overdose waiting to happen"
Officials warn of opioid painkillers spiked with potentially lethal doses of fentanyl
Video catches Pa. police saving overdosed man on bus
A 25-year-old is seen in surveillance footage near Philly shooting up heroin and passing out dramatically on the floor of a bus
Drug distributors under fire in West Virginia painkiller epidemic
In an unprecedented lawsuit, drug distributors and pharmacies are being sued for negligence in West Virginia's growing painkiller addiction problem
West Virginia allows painkiller addicts to sue prescribing doctors
The DEA is investigating dozens of doctors throughout the state of West Virginia, where painkiller addicts are now suing the doctors who got them hooked
HealthWatch
Oregon eyes nation's first universal healthcare system. Will it work?
Severely disabled toddler euthanized in the Netherlands under new rules
Food safety becomes election issue as major outbreaks, recalls cause concern
Teen's headache reveals family health risk: "Saving people's lives"
Will an FDA crackdown curb access to cheaper GLP-1 weight-loss drugs?
Bone health and the "silent disease": 4 things women should know
Even the smallest joys can help prevent suicide, researchers say
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