My mother’s addiction comes from pain (CNN)

Sick, injured or merely different? Rising ADHD cases fuel running battle among mental health experts (Deseret News)

Hypnosis for Addiction (Epoch Times)

Drug smugglers have a new cargo: cheap prescription meds from Mexico (PBS NewsHour)

Op-Ed: A letter to my son on marijuana (The Baltimore Sun)

Blog: Alcoholism Through a Doctor’s Eyes (The New York Times)

Heroin’s Small-Town Toll, and a Mother’s Grief (The New York Times)

Two questions you should ask your teens about drugs and alcohol (TODAY)

Journalist shares his anguished journey through son’s addiction — and what he’s learned from it (YaleNews)