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America's opioid epidemic
CNN Exclusive: The more opioids doctors prescribe, the more money they make
ER visits for opioid overdose up 30%, CDC study finds
Drug addiction: There is help
This is America on drugs: A visual guide
Why are opioids so addictive?
The many kinds of opioids
Can the kratom plant help fix the opioid crisis?
This is fentanyl: A visual guide
Fentanyl: The new heroin, but deadlier
What to know about fentanyl
What is Percocet?
Naloxone: The 'save shot' for addicts
Understanding opioids and overdoses
'Grey death': The powerful street drug that's puzzling authorities
Fighting addiction
Opioid addiction and the most controversial bathroom in New York
'This is skid row': What two current heroin addicts want you to know
How the 'heroin heroine' saves lives from her living room
Heroin addicts shoot up in 'safe' bathrooms
Police officer's experiment to fight opioid epidemic starts with ditching uniform
Will Trump's wall stem flow of drugs into US?
North Carolina police chief helps addicts beat opioid addiction
'He's blue': Louisville rattled by 151 overdoses in 4 days
Struggling to keep up with overdoses
Helping a young mother through opioid addiction and pregnancy
'The meat and potatoes' of fighting drugs
Why painkiller addicts turn to heroin
Adam's story: When prescription drugs are deadly
What are police doing to combat illegal drugs?
In the news
Opioid overdose among children nearly doubles, study says
Opioid shortages leave US hospitals scrambling
Overdose antidote availability doesn't always mean fewer deaths, study says
A $17,850 urine test: Industry boom amid opioid epidemic
What role does genetics play in opioid addiction?
Safe injection sites in San Francisco could be first in the US
Trump honors police officer who adopted baby from mom addicted to heroin
Compounds in herbal supplement kratom are opioids, FDA says
Common medication must be repackaged to help tackle opioid epidemic, FDA says
Opioid commission member: Our work is a 'sham'
FDA strengthens warning on opioid cold medicine
Drug overdoses contribute to record number of organ donors
This fire department responds to more ODs than fires
What's next?
Vaccines for opioid addiction nowhere close to reality, experts say
Cigna to stop covering most OxyContin prescriptions
CVS will limit opioid prescriptions to 7 days
The opioid epidemic is so bad that librarians are learning how to treat overdoses
The new front line in opioid abuse fight: public restrooms
2 governors, 2 different approaches to fight opioid crisis
How to create opioids for the masses
Could this lead to home-brew heroin?
The new 'Just say no to drugs'
FDA requires 'black box' warning on painkillers
Why opioid overdose deaths seem to happen in spurts
Addiction in the family
Here, heroin spares no one, not even the sheriff's wife
Couple fosters 13 children left by addicted parents
A grandma's new role: Raising grandkids amid the heroin epidemic
Mother sees hope amid opioid crisis
A generation of heroin orphans
Experts say detoxing while pregnant can be safe
5-year-old boy saves parents who overdosed on heroin, police say
Beating heroin is more than 12 steps; it's 18 years and going
Father loses son to addiction, ends up in recovery himself and then ...
Being an addict's mom: 'It's just a very, very sad place'
From bank robber to family man -- a story of recovery
Opinions
A huge step backward on opioids
We should have made the opioid crisis OUR problem from the start
Loving and losing an addict
Mother who lost addicted son: The system is 'broken'
The secret to fighting U.S. heroin epidemic
We are creating a nation of addicts