Economists estimate 1.5 million working-age people are missing from the labor force, not working or looking for work. It is not clear to what extent the country's heroin and opioid painkiller epidemic is affecting declining participation, especially among prim... Read More
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) publishes that between 26.4 million and 36 million people around the globe abuse opiate drugs, which includes prescription pain relievers and the illegal drug heroin. Opiates change the way the brain responds to pain... Read More
In Cambridge, a woman named Kristin sits down on a stone bench to talk about a common, but rarely discussed injury during the opioid epidemic: rape. We've agreed to use just Kristin's first name because she's a victim of this crime. Kristin says she, like many... Read More
Child psychologist Daniel Nelson is working with county coroners across the nation to try to corroborate his theory, that trauma from the nation's opioid epidemic could help explain an extraordinary increase in suicide among American children. Since 2007, the ... Read More
The questions I've heard most consistently (and disbelievingly) asked at alcohol education trainings are about the NIAAA's "low-risk" drinking guidelines. According to the guidelines, men should limit their alcohol consumption to four drinks on any day and 14 ... Read More
