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(Mashable, March 29) As opioid addiction continues to grip the nation, thousands people are turning to online communities for support.

(WABE, March 29) The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl has been behind many of the nation’s drug overdoses. Users or dealers mix it with another opioid, heroin, to increase the drug’s potency.

(NIDA)  Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of famous rockers Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, recently acknowledged that she's in recovery from addiction.

The White House recently launched two websites: CrisisNextDoor.gov and Opioids.gov, as part of an effort to address the nation’s ongoing epidemic.

During this episode of \"Prevention Profiles: Take Five,\" Dr. Jason Kilmer from the Univ. of Washington talks legal marijuana, differences between alcohol prevention and drug prevention, and much more.

(Associated Press, March 5) According to a new study, opioids are sending more children to the hospital due to accidental poisoning or overdose.

(Reuters Health, March 6) – Non-opioid painkillers – like Acetaminophen and ibuprofen – are just about as effective for back, knee, or hip pain as opioids, according to a new study.

Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses rose 30 percent across the United States between July 2016 and September 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(NPR, March 8) The opioid epidemic that hit rural America hard is now spreading to urban areas.

(Circa, March 8) About a third of patients between 10 and 19 years old (members of so-called Generation Z) are getting their opioid prescriptions from dentists, according to new guidelines for prescribing opioids.