NYTimes: How to stop heroin deaths

Investigative journalist Les Zaitz has produced a four-part series on addiction  for the Oregonian. Zaitz’s work gives this important problem the scrutiny it deserves; there is impressive depth and breadth to the interviews and research. …

Professional athletes, particularly football players, are often caught up in the opioid epidemic, typically because of the heavy amounts of painkillers they are given in order to play at the pro level. This New York …

Check out this Seattle Times story of a mother who uses her celebrity to draw attention to the opioid epidemic. Penny LeGate is well known in that city for her years as a broadcaster. After …