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(WLWT, June 20) The potent synthetic opioid fentanyl was found in marijuana in an Ohio county already hard hit by drug overdoses, according to a local health official.

(ABC News, June 19)  A majority of teens and young adults between 13 and 25 aren’t getting the recommended medicinal treatment for opioid addiction, according to a recent study.

(Washington Post, June 20) Patients dealing with opioid-related issues have flooded U.S. hospitals in recent years.

The emerging opioid epidemic is putting more people at risk of getting HIV due to the use of shared, infected needles.

(University of Illinois at Chicago, June 8) Heroin cost our society $51 billion in 2015, according to research out of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

(Westword, June 15) The psychology department at Colorado State University will offer a marijuana-focused addiction-counseling program in the fall for master’s students. 

(Gloucester City News, June 15) The heroin addiction epidemic is hitting many cities across the nation hard. But, in LA, meth is a bigger problem, according to local law enforcement officials.

(Newsweek, June 7) Hopes are that the vaccine will be used one day to keep former heroin users from using the drug again.

(Business Insider) Fentanyl, the cheap and powerful synthetic opioid often mixed with heroin, is now being found in cocaine in New York.

(New York Times, June 5) The number of drug overdose deaths in 2016 was likely the highest in our nation’s history, according to preliminary data compiled by The New York Times.