Opioid epidemic in America

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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