Title: Heroin & the Opioid Epidemic: From Understanding to Action

URL: https://drugfree.org/heroin-opioid-epidemic/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids' Website dedicated to the Opioid Epidemic. This section provides an overview of the epidemic, offers resources fon how to talk to kids about it, how to get help for someone, including information on medication-assisted treatment and naloxone, and how to safeguard your home. It also describes the organization's Medicine Abuse Project. The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids is an organization dedicated to empowering families with information, support and guidance, and to advocating for greater understanding and more effective programs to treat addiction.

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Title: Librarians and the Opiate Addiction Epidemic

URL: http://samquinones.com/reporters-blog/category/dreamland/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Posts on Sam Quinones' blog related to "Dreamland," the journalist and author's latest book on the marketing of pain pills and America's opioid epidemic.

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Title: Bitterpill: Bitterpill

URL: http://www.in.gov/bitterpill/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Website sponsored by the state of Indiana detailing the government's efforts to combat the opioid epidemic in their state, and providing resources related to prevention and treatment to the public. The site also links to prescribing information for physicians.

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Title: Robby's Voice - Robby's Voice provides resources for substance abuse and addiction

URL: http://robbysvoice.com/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Website for Robby's Voice, a community based organization focused on promoting awareness and education surrounding drug addiction. Robby's Voice was founded in honor of Robby Brandt, who died of an opioid overdose.

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Title: #PrayforDemi hashtag on Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrayforDemi/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Twitter page displaying all tweets featuring the hashtag, "#PrayForDemi." The hashtag began trending in support of pop singer and actress Demi Lovato who was hospitalized after an opioid overdose on July 24, 2018. Lovato has been openly fighting addiction and mental health issues since the age of 18.

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Title: Opioids Have Sparked An HIV Outbreak In Massachusetts | HuffPost Health

URL: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/massachusetts-fentanyl-opioids-hiv_us_5b6470bfe4b0b15abaa2958c

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Opioids Have Sparked an HIV Outbreak In Massachusetts" by Erin Schumaker published on the Huffpost Website on August 6, 2018. The article describes a spike in HIV cases linked to intravenous drug use as fentanyl becomes more prevalent.

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Title: Opioid Crisis Fuels A Spike In HIV Infections, And Experts Fear There's More To Come | HuffPost Health

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hiv-increase-masschusetts-opioid-needle-sharing_us_5ad4afd4e4b077c89ceb0442/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Opioid Crisis Fuels a Spike in HIV Infections, and Experts Fear There's More to Come," by Erin Schumaker published on the Huffington Post Website on April 18, 2018. The article discusses two Massachusetts cities that are struggling with an outbreak of fentanyl use.

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Title: Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017

URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/upshot/opioids-overdose-deaths-rising-fentanyl.html

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Bleak New Estimates in Drug Epidemic: A Record 72,000 Overdose Deaths in 2017" by Margot Sanger-Katz published on the New York Times Website on August 15, 2018. The article provides an overview of the state of overdose deaths in the United States for the year 2017.

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Title: Expert: Opioids Are 'The Defining Epidemic Of The 21st Century' | HuffPost Health

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opioid-epidemic-robert-dupont_us_5b16dda6e4b099fa52f3eda2/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Expert: Opioids Are 'The Defining Epidemic of the 21st Century," by Roger Parloff published on the Huffington Post Website on June 6, 2018. The article presents expert Psychiatrist Robert L. DuPont's reflections on the epidemic.

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Title: Heroin Addiction Among Middle-Class Women - The Unique Ways the Opioid Epidemic Affects Females | Marie Claire

URL: http://www.marieclaire.com/health-fitness/a19685213/heroin-addicts-female-opioid-epidemic/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "How Heroin Came for Middle-Class Moms" by Hayley Krischer published on the Marie Claire Website on August 20, 2018. The article focuses on how the opioid epidemic impacts people of all socioeconomic backgrounds, including those that one would least expect to be afflicted by addiction.

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Title: Opioid prescribing fell after clinicians told their patient had died of overdose - STAT

URL: http://www.statnews.com/2018/08/09/opioid-prescribing-medical-examiner-letters-overdose/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=073053be94-Daily_Recap&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-073053be94-150776793

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Clinicians were told their patients had died of an overdose. Then opioid prescribing dropped," by Andrew Joseph published on STAT News on August 9, 2018. Article discusses the impact of notifying clinicians about their patients' overdose deaths.

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Title: Opioid Use Disorder Documented at Delivery Hospitalization — United States, 1999–2014 | MMWR

URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6731a1.htm?s_cid=mm6731a1_w&utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=3aee612af2-MR_COPY_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-3aee612af2-150776793

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report (MMWR) for Opioid Use Disorder as documented upon delivery hospitalization in the United States published on August 10, 2018. The report covers the period between 1999 and 2014.

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Title: Oregon Medicaid program could cut off chronic pain patients from opioids - STAT

URL: http://www.statnews.com/2018/08/15/oregon-medicaid-tapering-opioids/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=5131375a3f-MR_COPY_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-5131375a3f-150776793

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Tapered to zero: In radical move, Oregon's Medicaid program weighs cutting off chronic pain patients from opioids," by Lev Facher published on the STAT News Website on August 15, 2018. Article discusses Oregon's dilemma over cutting off the flow of opioids, even for chronic pain patients.

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Title: Jails and prisons: the unmanned front in the battle against opioids

URL: http://www.statnews.com/2018/07/02/opioid-epidemic-jails-prisons-treatment/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Jails and prisons: the unmanned front in the battle against the opioid epidemic," by Brian Barnett published on the STAT News Website on July 2, 2018. Article discusses the incarceration of addicts and the lack of withdrawal treatment in prisons.

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Title: Data-Sharing Website May Speed Response to New Illegal Drugs

URL: http://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2018/07/data-sharing-website-may-speed-response-new-illegal-drugs?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=17e198b70f-MR_COPY_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-17e198b70f-150776793

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Data-Sharing Website May Speed Response to New Illegal Drugs," published on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Website on July 5, 2018. The article describes the agency's efforts to help identify fentanyl, which comes in many forms with slightly different chemical structures, through a Website for sharing data on these drugs' chemical signatures.

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Title: A New Arizona Law Limits A Doctor's Freedom To Prescribe Painkillers : Shots - Health News : NPR

URL: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/08/622729300/patients-with-chronic-pain-feel-caught-in-an-opioid-prescribing-debate/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Segment titled, "Patients with Chronic Pain Feel Caught in an Opioid Prescribing Debate," by Will Stone published on the National Public Radio (NPR) Website on July 8, 2018. The segment, which originally aired on the NPR program All Things Considered, discusses the impact of the response to the opioid epidemic, i.e. curbing access to prescription opioids, on chronic pain patients.

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Title: Opioid stigma is keeping cancer patients from proper pain control

URL: http://www.statnews.com/2018/07/06/cancer-patients-pain-opioid-stigma/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=e4e8f94e07-Daily_Recap&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-e4e8f94e07-150776793

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Opioid stigma is keeping many cancer patients from getting the pain control they need," by Sara Ray and Kathleen Hoffman published on STAT News Website on July 6, 2018. Article explores the impact of the opioid epidemic on the ability of cancer patients to get the treatment they need.

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Title: Why aren't doctors stepping up to treat people with opioid addiction?

URL: http://www.statnews.com/2018/07/05/doctors-stepping-up-opioid-addiction-treatment/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=94d062f57e-Daily_Recap&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-94d062f57e-150776793

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Hey, doctors: Why aren't you stepping up to treat people with opioid addiction?" by Patrick Skerrett published on the STAT News Website on July 5, 2018. Article discusses the reluctance of the medical community to treat opioid addiction with medication.

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Title: Facing deaths of despair from the depths of despair in West Virginia

URL: http://www.statnews.com/2018/07/12/despair-deaths-opioid-crisis-west-virginia/?utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=111a79ce58-Daily_Recap&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-111a79ce58-150776793

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Facing deaths of despair from the depths of despair in West Virginia," by Clay Marsh published on the STAT News Website on July 12, 2018. Article discusses the sociological context for the opioid epidemic in West Virginia, linking overdose deaths to feelings of despair that are rooted in chronic social stress.

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Title: TIL that drug overdoses killed more Americans in one year than ten years of the Vietnam War.

URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/9wazi5/til_that_drug_overdoses_killed_more_americans_in/?st=JOECGEXS&sh=03c0b209

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Post titled, "TIL that drug overdoses killed more Americans in one year than ten years of the Vietnam War," by Future Selection on the r/todayilearned forum on the Reddit Website. The page links to an article published on Penn Live that compares the number of opioid overdose deaths in 2017 with deaths from other diseases, suicides and wars. The page hosts Reddit users' comments about the article, and includes debates over drug regulation, reflections on opioid use in other places in the word as compared to the United States, conversations about the impact of this epidemic on chronic pain patients, and suggested causes of the opioid epidemic in America.

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Title: Shadow of an Addict

URL: https://twitter.com/mattganem_poet/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Twitter account page for Matt Ganem, a recovering opioid addict based in Boston, Massachusetts who uses poetry to spread awareness of the epidemic and destigmatize addiction.

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Title: Man buried alive livestreams to raise opioid crisis awareness

URL: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/man-buried-underground-livestreams-to-raise-opioid-crisis-awareness/24852009

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Man buried alive live streams to raise opioid crisis awareness," by Lowell Melser published on the WABAL TV Website on November 8, 2018. The article highlights an awareness event in Baltimore, Maryland featuring a live burial of John Edwards, a recovering opioid addict and founder of the United Kingdom-based organization Walking Free, which tackles addiction through Christianity. The event was meant spread awareness of the opioid epidemic, but also to specifically reach addicts and those with suicidal ideation through an ongoing conversation with Edwards via the hashtag GraveChat on Twitter.

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Title: #Gravechat hashtag on Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/gravechat?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Ehashtag

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Twitter page that displays all tweets that feature the hashtag phrase, "#GraveChat." The hashtag was created by John Edwards for his live burial event in Baltimore, MD that was aimed at raising awareness about the opioid epidemic. Edwards, the founder of UK-based organization, Walking Free, chatted with Twitter participants about opioid addiction and suicide from a coffin over the course of three days. The organization Walking Free tackles addiction through Christianity.

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Title: The Grief of an Overdose Death: Part 1 - Whats your Grief

URL: https://whatsyourgrief.com/the-grief-of-an-overdose-death/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: blog post titled, "The Grief of an Overdose Death: Part 1," published on the What's Your Grief blog. The post breaks down the common experiences one may have when grieving an overdose death including the specific feelings that the death was avoidable, guilt, shame, blame, stigma and isolation, and fear and anxiety. The post also features a podcast produced by the website's coauthors on the same topic.

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Title: The Grief of an Overdose Death: Part 2 - Whats your Grief

URL: https://whatsyourgrief.com/grief-of-an-overdose-death-part-2/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: blog post titled, "The Grief of an Overdose Death: Part 2," published on the What's Your Grief blog. The post provides suggestions for how to face and address the feelings one encounters while grieving an overdose death. The post also features a podcast produced by the website's coauthors on the same topic.

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Title: Fat Joe, Rick Ross Headlining Long Island Fundraiser Concert To Help Fight Opioid Epidemic

URL: https://www.longislandpress.com/2018/09/25/fat-joe-rick-ross-headlining-long-island-fundraiser-concert-to-help-fight-opioid-epidemic/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Fat Joe, Rick Ross Headlining Long Island Fundraiser Concert to Help Fight Opioid Epidemic," by Eden Laikin published on the Long Island Press Website on September 25, 2018. The article promotes the Recover or Die event in Long Island, which is part of a national tour to educate, promote awareness, and raise funds for opioid addiction treatment, and discusses the impact of the entertainment industry on the opioid epidemic.

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Title: A Super-Spicy Plant Could Help End the Opioid Crisis

URL: https://futurism.com/pain-relief-resiniferatoxin-rtx

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "A Super-Spicy Plant Could Help End the Opioid Crisis," by Kristin Houser published on the Futurism Website on November 16, 2018. The article describes promising research on a component in the plant, Euphorbia resinifera, commonly known as the resin spurge, that could lead to targeted, non-addictive pain relief medication.

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Title: Kaleo Pharmaceuticals raises its opioid overdose reversal drug price by 600%

URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/9ynujf/kaleo_pharmaceuticals_raises_its_opioid_overdose/?st=JOPQZT66&sh=636b1a90

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Post titled, "Kaleo Pharmaceuticals raises its opioid overdose reversal drug price by 600%," by u/needmorechickennugs on the "r/news" forum on the Reddit Website. The page links to an article published on USA Today that reports on the findings of a US. Senate investigation into Kaleo Pharmaceuticals' decision to increase the cost of its opioid reversal drug in the face of the opioid crisis. The page hosts Reddit users' comments about the article, access to opioid reversal drugs, the effectiveness and side effects of different reversal drugs, health insurance, and more.

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Title: Kaleo increased the price of its rescue medication to exploit U.S. opioid crisis, new report finds - MarketWatch

URL: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/kaleo-increased-the-price-of-its-rescue-medication-to-exploit-us-opioid-crisis-new-report-finds-2018-11-19

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Kaleo increased price of its rescue medication to exploit U.S. opioid crisis, new report finds," published on the MarketWatch Website on November 20, 2018. The article summarizes the findings of a U.S. Senate investigation into Kaleo Pharmaceuticals decision to increase the price of its opioid reversal drug in the face of the opioid crisis.

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Title: #opioid hashtag on Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/opioid/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Twitter page for the latest tweets using the hashtag, "#opioid."

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Title: #OpioidEpidemic hashtag on Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpioidEpidemic/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Twitter page for the latest tweets using the hashtag, "#opioidepidemic."

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Title: News about #opioidcrisis on Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/opioidcrisis/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: This Twitter page displays all tweets that feature the hashtag phrase, #OpioidCrisis.

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Title: #opiate hashtag on Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/opiate/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Twitter page for the latest tweets using the hashtag, "#opiate."

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Title: MacArthur Releases Addiction Community Resources Toolkit | Congressman Tom MacArthur

URL: http://macarthur.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/macarthur-releases-addiction-community-resources-toolkit/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Addiction community resource toolkit posted as part of a May 10, 2016 Press release on the U.S. Representative Tom MacArthur's (New Jersey) Website. The toolkit was developed by Bipartisan Task Force To Combat The Heroin Epidemic along with the Addiction Policy Forum to connect those affected by opioid addiction with resources for treatment and recovery.

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Title: Q&A: Intranasal Narcan Use in Dogs - Urban Search & Rescue Veterinary Group

URL: http://usarveterinarygroup.org/usarvet/inquiry-responses/qa-intranasal-narcan-use-dogs/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: A question and response posted to the Urban Search and Rescue Veterinary Group Website regarding the utility of intranasal application of naloxone on working canines.

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Title: By the numbers: VA making progress in reducing opioid use in Veteran patients - VAntage Point

URL: http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/21796/va-making-progress-reducing-opioid-use-veteran-patients/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: blog post titled, "By The Numbers: VA Making Progress in Reducing Opioid Use in Veteran Patients," published on the VAntage Point blog maintained by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 7, 2015. The post comments on the progress being made to help veterans manage their pain through the use of a comprehensive interdisciplinary system.

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Title: How to Laugh at an Opioid Crisis - VICE

URL: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/jpmkkg/how-to-laugh-at-an-opioid-crisis/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Interview with comedian Mark Hughes, a former addict, who hosted a comedian-driven community event in the Eastside area of Vancouver to bring the story of opioid addiction to the general public. In the interview, published on VICE's Website on December 18, 2016, Hughes talks about his personal struggle with addiction and the positive effect of his show.

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Title: America leads the world in drug overdose deaths — by a lot - Vox

URL: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/28/15881246/drug-overdose-deaths-world/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article posted on the VOX.com Website on June 28, 2017 on the conclusions of a recent U.N. report stating that the United States bears the brunt of the world's opioid abuse problem due in part to where most of the opioids were marketed and who can afford them.

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Title: A Drug Cop. A Daughter On Opioids. One Family's Story Of Addiction. | WAMU

URL: http://wamu.org/story/17/10/10/drug-cop-daughter-opioids-one-familys-story-addiction/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article (and accompanying audio segment on WAMU 88.5 Washington, DC) titled, "A Drug Cop. A Daughter on Opioids. One Family's Story of Addiction," by Patrick Madden and Tyrone Turner posted on WAMU's Website October 10, 2017. The article covers a Hagerstown narcotics cop dealing with the opioid addiction and subsequent overdose by his own daughter.

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Title: Doctor's Duty to Ease Pain At Issue in Calif. Lawsuit - The Washington Post

URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/05/07/doctors-duty-to-ease-pain-at-issue-in-calif-lawsuit/c5cce996-344e-40d3-b656-c5da7338e050/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Doctor's Duty to Ease Pain At Issue in California Lawsuit," by Susan Okiewas published on the Washington Post Website on May 7, 2001. The article gives the background on one of the first lawsuits against a physician for the undertreatment of pain. The case, originating in California, involves a patient's family suing a doctor (following the patient's death) claiming that the prescribed drugs were not powerful enough to reduce the patient's pain and reflected the growing influence of patients and advocacy groups to demand better pain management.

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Title: Why opioids are such an American problem - BBC News

URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41701718/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Why Opioids Are Such An American Problem," by Owen Amos published on the BBC Website October 25, 2017. Some of the reasons cited in the article include perks given to doctors by drug companies to peddle their products, the lack of universal health care in the U.S., the ready advertisement of prescription opioids on television, poor training of doctors, and a "culture of medication."

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Title: Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment, Is Trump's Priority : Shots - Health News : NPR

URL: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/07/584059938/trump-says-he-will-focus-on-opioid-law-enforcement-not-treatment/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Segment titled, "Trump Says He Will Focus on Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment," by Greg Allen published on the National Public Radio (NPR) Website on February 7, 2018. The segment, which originally aired on NPR's All Things Considered program, discusses the apparent lack of action by the White House on a strategy for dealing with the national opioid crisis several months after the crisis was declared a public health emergency.

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Title: Drug users interested in cheap test strips that can detect deadly fentanyl | WTOP

URL: http://wtop.com/science/2018/02/test-strips-fentanyl/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Drug Users In Interested in Cheap Test Strips That Can Detect Deadly Fentanyl," by Kristi King published on news station WTOP's Website on February 8, 2018. The article looks at a Johns Hopkins University study that found cheap finger-sized strips can be used to detect the level of fentanyl in a drug sample.

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Title: At the heart of Canada’s fentanyl crisis, extreme efforts that U.S. cities may follow - The Washington Post

URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/at-the-heart-of-canadas-fentanyl-crisis-extreme-efforts-that-us-cities-may-follow/2018/02/11/5e7dd59e-0624-11e8-b48c-b07fea957bd5_story.html?utm_term=.a1ba8a0ce95d/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "At The Heart of Canada's Fentanyl Crisis, Extreme Efforts That U.S. Cities May Follow," posted on the Washington Post Website on February 11, 2017. The article looks at Canada's experimental "harm reduction" strategy of combating opioid addiction by allowing safe houses to inject drugs and the possibility of U.S. cities trying to copy its success.

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Title: State Opioid Efforts Falter Without Federal Funding Support : Shots - Health News : NPR

URL: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/01/589572710/states-seek-more-federal-funding-for-opioid-treatment-not-more-promises/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Segment titled, "States Seek More Federal Funding for Opioid Treatment, Not More Promises," originally featured on NPR's Morning Edition program and published on the NPR Website on March 1, 2018. The segment highlights states' struggles to fund efforts to fight the opioid epidemic, particularly Oklahoma and Colorado.

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Title: For all their risks, opioids had no pain-relieving advantage in a yearlong clinical trial - Los Angeles Times

URL: http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-opioid-painkillers-no-better-20180306-story.html/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "For all their risks, opioids had no pain-relieving advantage in a yearlong clinical trial," published on the Los Angeles Times Website on March 6, 2018. The article discusses the first randomized clinical trial to make a head-to-head comparison between opioids and other kinds of pain medications. The trial known as Strategies for Prescribing Analgesics Comparative Effectiveness (SPACE) enrolled patients treated by the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs health care system in a year-long study funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Title: The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions Through Art and Storytelling

URL: https://theopioidproject.oncell.com/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Online exhibition titled, "The Opioid Project: Changing Perceptions Through Art and Storytelling." The exhibit is the product of an interactive art and storytelling project facilitated by a Boston-based artist and physician. The goals of the project are to reduce stigma among opioid addicts and increase public awareness through the use of traveling exhibitions where participants can express themselves openly while sharing stories and painting.

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Title: Testimony on the Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

URL: https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/testimony-federal-response-opioid-crisis/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Testimony of the federal response to the opioid crisis before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on October 5, 2017. The testimony, published on the NIH Website, was given by Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH); Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Dr. Deborah Houry, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Title: Woman Opens Up About Life With Heroin Addiction In Outspoken Interview

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/interview-with-self-proclaimed-heroin-addict-shows-how-the-drug-can-overtake-a-life_us_58f7d118e4b070a1174fda0e/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Woman Opens Up About Life With Heroin Addiction In Outspoken Interview," by Matt Ferner published on the Huffington Post Website on April 19, 2017. The article talks about West Virginian Lisa Marie Stone, who upon being arrested for prostitution, spoke about her ongoing struggle with opioid addiction, the damage it's doing, and how helpless she feels.

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Title: Treatment & Mistreatment, Our Complicated Relationship with Pain: Inside Appalachia | West Virginia Public Broadcasting

URL: http://wvpublic.org/post/treatment-mistreatment-our-complicated-relationship-pain-inside-appalachia?nopop=1/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Podcast episode titled, "Treatment and Mistreatment, Our Complicated Relationship With Pain, Inside Appalachia," published on The West Virginia Public Broadcasting Website on April 21, 2017 as part of WVPR's "Inside Appalachia" series. The episode, featuring Jessica Lilly and Roxy Todd, reports on why Appalachia was hit so hard by the nationwide opioid epidemic and how the community is trying to fight back.

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Title: Inside the Appalachian Opioid Epidemic Part 2: Veterans, Chronic Pain & Alternative Treatment | West Virginia Public Broadcasting

URL: http://wvpublic.org/post/inside-appalachian-opioid-epidemic-part-2-veterans-chronic-pain-alternative-treatment/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Podcast on The West Virginia Public Broadcasting Website entitled, "Veterans, Chronic Pain & Alternative Treatments," published April 28, 2017 as Part 2 of WVPR's "Inside the Appalachian Opioid Epidemic" series, Jessica Lilly and Roxy Todd report on why veterans are particularly hard hit by the epidemic.

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Title: WHO | Arguments in favour of compulsory treatment of opioid dependence

URL: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/2/12-108860/en/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: In this 2013 article in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), Zunyou Wu of the Chinese Center for Disease Control argues against the position of WHO and several other United Nations (UN) agencies that member states close compulsory drug detention and rehab centers. Wu argues that such centers should be one part of a harm reduction strategy aimed at curing opioid dependence and getting addicts back into society.

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Title: WHO | Advocates need to show compulsory treatment of opioid dependence is effective, safe and ethical

URL: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/2/12-115196/en/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Bulletin titled, "Advocates need to show compulsory treatment of opioid dependence is effective, safe and ethical," by University of Queensland clinical researchers, Wayne Hall and Adrian Carter, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2013. The bulletin confronts Zunyou Wu's rebuttal to the United Nations (UN) criticism of compulsory treatment centers.

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Title: You Made It Weird #236: Harris Wittels Returns

URL: http://nerdist.com/you-made-it-weird-236-harris-wittels-returns/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Podcast of comedian Pete Holmes with sitcom producer and close friend Harris Wittels in 2014 a few months before Wittels' opioid overdose death. Holmes' podcast, "You Made It Weird", was posted on The Nerdist website November 29, 2014 and included Wittels talking about his struggle with addiction. Holmes' interview style was later discussed with psychiatrist Arjune Rama, February 29, 2016 (the anniversary of Wittels' death) where she compares Holmes' interview style with that of a good psychiatrist and asks Holmes how he felt during the interview and after he found out about Wittels' passing.

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Title: HOPE Home

URL: http://hope.wi.gov/Pages/Home.aspx

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Website for the State of Wisconsin's Task Force on Opioid Abuse, an organization created by Governor Scott Walker in 2013. The task force operates as a nonstatutory committee under section 14.019 of the Wisconsin Statutes for the purpose of advising and assisting the Governor in a coordinated effort to combat the opioid crisis facing the State of Wisconsin.

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Title: Opioids | Wisconsin Department of Health Services

URL: http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/opioids/index.htm

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Website dedicated to opioids. The page provides resources including basic facts, provider information and the latest reports and studies on opioids. The page also links to other state opioids related initiatives.

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Title: The science of opioid withdrawal

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduCr-kJXtk/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Video recording of recovering heroin addict Matt Ganem explaining the science of opioid withdrawal. Ganem also describes his own experience of withdrawal.

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Title: Autoimmune Disorders and Opiate Addiction

URL: http://www.opiaterehabtreatment.com/autoimmune-disorders-and-opiate-addiction/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the Opiate Rehab Treatment Website dedicated to the relationship between autoimmune disorders and opiate addiction.

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Title: New York City breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment - New York Daily News

URL: http://www.nydailynews.com/tags/opioid-nation/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the New York Daily News Website linking to all the latest stories in the paper's "Opioid Nation" series, which looks at the epidemic in New York City and across the country.

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Title: Controlled Substance Schedules

URL: https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Website dedicated to controlled substance schedules, including exempt lists, disclaimers, abbreviations, and definitions.

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Title: National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act (NASPER)

URL: http://nasper.org/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Website for the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic reporting Act (NASPER) that provides for the establishment of a controlled substances monitoring program in every state. The legislation was passed in 2005. The site gives background information on the legislation, related articles, Fact sheets, and the text of the bill itself.

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Title: Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy Sends Letter to All Doctors on Opioids | Time

URL: http://time.com/4468400/surgeon-general-letter-opioid-addiction/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article posted on the Time Magazine Website August 26, 2016 talks about U.S. Surgeon General Murthy writing to every doctor in the country about the current opioid epidemic to be better educated about the addictiveness of painkillers, and to come together to work for a solution.

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Title: Special Series: 'Alternatives' - N.H. Gets Creative to Curb Ongoing Opioid Crisis | New Hampshire Public Radio

URL: http://nhpr.org/post/special-series-alternatives-nh-gets-creative-curb-ongoing-opioid-crisis/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: A special series titled, "'Alternatives' - N.H. Gets Creative to Curb Ongoing Opioid Crisis," by Paige Sutherland published on the New Hampshire Public Radio's Website on September 20, 2017. The series focuses on the creative methods New Hampshire is using to combat their opioid epidemic, including acupuncture, involuntary commitment, and needle exchanges.

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Title: Inside Georgia's Opioid Crisis | Georgia Public Broadcasting

URL: http://gpbnews.org/term/inside-georgias-opioid-crisis/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Complete multi-part series titled, "Inside Georgia's Opioid Crisis" published on the George Public Radio (GPR)/National Public Radio (NPR) Website. The site links to all parts of the series dating back to 2017. The series specifically looks at the impact of the nation's opioid crisis in Georgia.

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Title: SC Governor's Opioid Summit – SC Opioid Summit 2018

URL: http://scopioidsummit.org/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Website for the South Carolina Opioid Summit in September 2018 sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services. The summit is billed an an opportunity for collaboration on dealing with the opioid epidemic and for fostering solutions.

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Title: On the Anniversary of His Death, Inside Harris Wittels’ Final Intimate, Revealing Discussion with Pete Holmes

URL: http://splitsider.com/2016/02/on-the-anniversary-of-his-death-inside-harris-wittels-final-intimate-revealing-discussion-with-pete-holmes/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "On the Anniversary of His Death, Inside Harris Wittels' Final Intimate, Revealing Discussion with Pete Holmes," by Arjune Rama, MD published on the Splitsider Website on February 19, 2016. The article features an interview with Pete Holmes, the host of the podcast, "You Made It Weird," who interviewed sitcom producer and close friend Harris Wittels a few months before Wittels' opioid overdose death in 2014. In that podcast episode, published on The Nerdist Website on November 29, 2014, Wittels spoke frankly about his struggle with addiction. See collection seed: "http://nerdist.com/you-made-it-weird-236-harris-wittels-returns/."

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Title: The Opioid Epidemic: National Trends in Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths from 2000 to 2015

URL: http://www.shadac.org/sites/default/files/publications/US%20opioid%20brief%202017%20web.pdf

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: report titled, "The Opioid Epidemic: National Trends in Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths from 2000 to 2015," by Colin Planalp and Megan Lahr of the State Health Access Data Center (SHADAC) in June of 2017. The brief examines the opioid epidemic on a national level, analyzing trends and breaking down opioid overdose deaths by age, race, and urbanization.

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Title: Substance Use Disorders in People With Physical and Sensory Disabilities

URL: http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA11-4648/SMA11-4648.pdf

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Substance Use Disorders in People With Physical and Sensory Disabilities," published in Volume 6, Issue 1 of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) periodical "In Brief" in August of 2011. The article is aimed at helping people who work with physical and sensory deprivation to better understand substance abuse disorders and help their clients find assistance centers.

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Title: VA Report: Vets In Private Care Are At Higher Risk For Opioid Addiction

URL: http://taskandpurpose.com/veterans-affairs-choice-opioid-prescriptions/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "VA report: Vets in Private Care Are At Higher Risk for Opioid Addiction," published on the Task & Purpose Website. The article discusses the July 2017 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Inspector General report that discovered that veterans treated for pain in non-VA settings are at an especially high risk for opioid addiction. Task & Purpose was launched in 2014 to provide an unfiltered perspective on military and veterans issues post 9/11.

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Title: Opioid Safety: Public Service Announcement

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNMWuRPDGoM/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Video recording of a Public Service Announcement (PSA) on opioid safety by the American Chronic Pain Association published on YouTube.

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Title: The War on Drug Users: Are Syringe Exchanges Immoral? - The Atlantic

URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/the-war-on-drug-users-are-syringe-exchanges-immoral/253685/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "The War on Drug Users: Are Syringe Exchanges Immoral?" published on The Atlantic Website on March 13, 2012. The article discusses the controversial practice of exchanging syringes to help those addicted to opioids.

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Title: OxyContin Maker Criticized For New ‘It Gets You High’ Campaign

URL: http://www.theonion.com/oxycontin-maker-criticized-for-new-it-gets-you-high-c-1819580059/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Satirical article titled, "OxyContin Maker Criticized for New 'It Gets You High' Campaign," published on The Onion Website on July 10, 2017. The article describes a Purdue Pharma ad campaign for that highlights the addictive qualities of Oxycontin.

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Title: Sweating, Shaking Pharmaceutical CEO Says He Can Stop Profiting Off Opioid Epidemic Anytime He Wants

URL: http://www.theonion.com/sweating-shaking-pharmaceutical-ceo-says-he-can-stop-p-1819579775/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Satirical article titled, "Sweating, Shaking Pharmaceutical CEO Says He Can Stop Profiting Off Opioid Epidemic Anytime He Wants," published on The Onion Website on April 5, 2017. The article reports that the CEO Paul Corrier of the pharmaceutical company Arcelis said he can quit making making money on distributing opioids "any time he wants" while shaking and sweating from his "withdrawal" from making money.

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Title: Opioid Deaths Could Be Underestimated

URL: http://www.theonion.com/opioid-deaths-could-be-underestimated-1819563557/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Satirical article titled, "Opioid Deaths Could be Underestimated," published on The Onion Website on April 25, 2017. The article shares readers' opinions on a CDC report that the number of opioid deaths may be higher than expected since opioids are not listed as the cause of death.

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Title: CVS Limiting Opioid Prescriptions To Seven Days

URL: http://www.theonion.com/cvs-limiting-opioid-prescriptions-to-seven-days-1819563765/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Satirical article titled, "CVS Limiting Opioid Prescriptions to Seven Days," published on The Onion Website on October 3, 2017. The article reports readers' opinions on this new policy.

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Title: It Would Really Help Me Out If You Guys Could Just Give Up Your Health Insurance This One Time

URL: http://www.theonion.com/it-would-really-help-me-out-if-you-guys-could-just-give-1819585063/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Satirical article titled, "It Would Really Help Me Out If You Guys Could Just Give Up Your Health Insurance This One Time," published on The Onion Website on September 25, 2017. The article, "written" by U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, asks people to give up their health insurance, including opioid treatment, to help him out.

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Title: Public Safety Aspects of the Heroin Abuse Epidemic | The Pew Charitable Trusts

URL: http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2015/07/public-safety-aspects-of-the-heroin-abuse-epidemic/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Briefing from the Pew Charitable Trusts titled, "Public Safety Aspects of the Heroin Abuse Epidemic," posted on their Website July 1, 2015. The briefing looks at the available research and reports that a combination of strategies including expanding access to naloxone and the improvement and availability of treatment is most likely to curb heroin abuse.

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Title: Assessment of the Trends in Medical Use and Misuse of Opioid Analgesics from 2004 to 2011

URL: http://www.painphysicianjournal.com/current/pdf?article=MjA2Mg%3D%3D&journal=81

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Assessment of the Trends in Medical Use and Misuse of Opioid Analgesics from 2004 to 2011," published in the Health Policy Research section of the journal, Pain Physician in 2014. The authors describe the results of the study they designed to determine the proportion of drug abuse related to opioid analgesics and the various trends in the medical use and abuse of 8 opioid analgesics commonly used to treat pain: buprenorphine, codeine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, methadone, morphine, and oxycodone.

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Title: Big Pharma is Killing Native Americans with Opioids, Tribes are Fighting Back - The Ring of Fire Network - TribeXchange connecting Native America tribes with other tribes to empower and prosper

URL: http://www.tribexchange.com/index.php/healthcare/item/593-big-pharma-is-killing-native-americans-with-opioids-tribes-are-fighting-back-the-ring-of-fire-network/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Big Pharma is Killing Native Americans With Opioids, Tribes Are Fighting Back -- The Ring of Fire Network," posted on the news section of the TribeXchange Website on June 19, 2017. The article describes the effects of the opioid crisis on minority populations (focusing on Native American tribes) and the limited effect of lawsuits against drug companies. TribeXchange is a community-exchange Website for Native American tribes, nations, enterprises, and individuals.

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Title: TripSit Factsheets

URL: http://drugs.tripsit.me/category/opioid/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Satirical article titled, "OxyContin Maker Criticized for New 'It Gets You High' Campaign," published on The Onion Website on July 10, 2017. The article describes a Purdue Pharma ad campaign for that highlights the addictive qualities of Oxycontin.

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Title: AI Scans Twitter for Signs of Opioid Abuse - Scientific American

URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-scans-twitter-for-signs-of-opioid-abuse/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "AI Scans Twitter for Signs of Opioid Abuse," published on Scientific American's Website on October 30, 2017. The article looks at analyzing Twitter accounts for code words that might imply opioid use (and abuse) and using this information to possibly target public health campaigns in areas where the accounts originate.

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Title: Synthetic opioids are driving an overdose crisis

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivIUaVApczg

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

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Title: The Hidden Plague | Deseret News

URL: https://www.deseretnews.com/opioids

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the Deseret News (Utah) Website linking to articles from their series, "The Hidden Plague: Inside Utah's Opioid Epidemic."

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Title: NSC Memorial Site - Celebrating Lost Loved Ones

URL: https://losttoopioids.nsc.org/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: See https://opioidepidemic.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StoryMapCrowdsource/index.html?appid=19f5247b5bd043dda9a25b22c0919760. Interactive map that was created using Geographic Information System (GIS) software to visually represent the distribution of deaths attributed to prescription drugs and heroin, especially in the United States and Canada. The map also allows users to read individuals' stories and add upload their own lost loved ones' profiles to the map.

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Title: Blog: Opioid Epidemic: A national health emergency (10/31/17) | The Town Crier

URL: http://www.thetown-crier.com/blogs/1993/entry/70244/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on The Town Crier's Website featuring Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson's reflections on the opioid epidemic. The October 31, 2017 blog entry was part of a series titled, "Governor Hutchinson's Weekly Update" that is regularly published on the site.

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Title: e-Prescribing Blog » Opioid Epidemic

URL: http://www.eprescribing.org/tag/opioid-epidemic/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: blog post titled, "A Round Table Discussion: Dental Support Organizations' (DSO) Views on the Opioid Epidemic [Parts I and II]" on the e-Prescribing blog that features interview transcripts from conversations with Dr. John Zweig, Chief Dental Officer of Dental Associates and Jason Wolan, Director of EHR Implementation at Great Expressions Dental Centers regarding the clinical element and technical side of dentistry's role in the opioid epidemic. Both men are key opinion leaders from Dental Support Organizations.

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Title: Florida Tackles Prescription Opioid Epidemic - Immersion Recovery Blog

URL: https://www.immersionrecovery.com/blog/2017/09/28/florida-tackles-prescription-opioid-epidemic/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: blog post titled, "Florida Tackles Prescription Opioid Epidemic," published on the Immersion Recovery Center blog on September 28, 2017. The post focuses on Florida Governor Rick Scott's efforts to tackle the opioid epidemic in Florida with $50 million in funding aimed at advancing treatment throughout the state.

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Title: Mapping the Opioid Epidemic

URL: https://www.newamerica.org/public-interest-technology/blog/launching-opioid-mapping-initiative/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: blog post titled, "Launching the Opioid Mapping Initiative," by Jeremiah Lindemann published on the New America Website on October 17, 2017. Linderman is responsible for creating the Opioid Mapping Initiative, an interactive map that allows families to share their stories and a photo of their loved one. Linderman ultimately hopes that map will help to create awareness of addiction and explain that it impacts people from all walks of life.

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Title: Opioid Addiction

URL: https://familydoctor.org/condition/opioid-addiction/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the familydoctor.org Website that provides a basic overview of opioids, addiction, opioid addiction, tolerance and dependence, and overdose.

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Title: Medications to Treat Opioid Use Disorder

URL: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/medications-to-treat-opioid-addiction/overview/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Website dedicated to providing information on medications used to treat opioid addiction.

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Title: Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study (POATS) | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

URL: https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/organization/cctn/ctn/research-studies/prescription-opioid-addiction-treatment-study-poats/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Website dedicated to providing information on the Prescription Opioid Addiction Treatment Study (POATS), which was a randomized outpatient study for treatment-seeking participants dependent on prescription opioid analgesics. The study aimed to determine whether the addition of individual drug counseling to treatment using medication that included Standard Medical Management (SMM) improved outcomes.

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Title: Opioid-addicted zebrafish attempt to get a hit 2,000 times in 50 minutes, study says - The Washington Post

URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/01/opioid-addicted-zebrafish-attempt-to-get-a-hit-2000-times-in-50-minutes-study-says/?utm_term=.b11e3932140d

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Opioid-addicted zebrafish attempt to get a hit 2,000 times in 50 minutes, study says," by Travis M. Andrews was published on the Washington Post Website on September 1, 2017. The article describes a study run by researchers at the University of Utah published in the journal of Behavioral Brain Research that looked at opioid addicted zebrafish with the hope of learning something that will be useful in treating opioid addicted humans.

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Title: Opioid Crisis About More Than Opioids | Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

URL: http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/about-us/news-media/press-release/1706-opioid-crisis-more-than-opioids/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Press release titled, "Opioid Crisis About Much More than Opioids," published on the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Website on June 27, 2017. The Press release summarizes the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation's June report on emerging drug trends. .

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Title: Home | Pain & Policy Studies Group

URL: http://www.painpolicy.wisc.edu/home/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: The University of Wisconsin's Pain and Policy Studies Group Website. The Pain and Policy Studies Group is a global research program at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center within the School of Medicine and Public Health with the mission of improving global pain relief by achieving balanced access to opioids in an effort to enhance the quality of life of people living with cancer and other painful diseases.

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Title: Over-the-Counter Medicines | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

URL: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/prescription-over-counter-medications/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Website dedicated to providing information on prescription and over-the-counter medications with an emphasis on opioids.

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Title: Opioid Medications

URL: https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm337066.htm

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Website dedicated to opioid medications.

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Title: Summary of Misuse of Prescription Drugs | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

URL: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/misuse-prescription-drugs/summary/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Website dedicated to the misuse of prescription drugs, including opioids.

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Title: Opiate Withdrawal Timelines, Symptoms and Treatment

URL: https://americanaddictioncenters.org/withdrawal-timelines-treatments/opiate/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Page on the American Addiction Centers Website that provides information on opiate withdrawal included withdrawal timelines, symptoms and treatment.

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Title: Patient Information for SUBOXONE® (buprenorphine and naloxone) Sublingual Film (CIII)

URL: https://www.suboxone.com/treatment/opioid-dependence/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Website dedicated to information on the prescription medication Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone), which is intended to treat opioid dependence.

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Title: Brush with the Law

URL: http://mc3.edu/component/content/article/133-arts/10016-brush-with-the-law/

Collection: Opioid Epidemic web archive

Description: Article titled, "Brush with the Law," published on the Montgomery County Community College's Website. The article describes an exhibition curated by the founder and director of Brush with the Law, a non-profit, community-based visual arts program that helps bring awareness to and fosters an understanding of people who experience the effects of drug addiction and the criminal justice system. The exhibit features an installation displaying short messages written by people struggling with drug addiction, specifically heroin, and the family and friends whose lives have been affected by the user.

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