A doctor talks about when physicians become addicts (The Boston Globe)

‘Narconomics’: How The Drug Cartels Operate Like Wal-Mart And McDonald’s (NPR)

Blog: When Growing Up Hurts: How Parental Addiction Impacts Kids (The Huffington Post)

When it comes to drug busts, journalists often don’t ask the right questions (Columbia Journalism Review)

Opinion: Medicines to Keep Addiction Away (The New York Times)

Opinion: Cutting off the opioid epidemic at the root (The Boston Globe)

Banned for life: Mets pitcher Jennry Mejia banished for drug use (Los Angeles Times)

Opinion: Our heroin, opioid epidemic is a national emergency, Washington needs to treat it like one (Fox News)

‘Heroin is Exploding’: Addiction Counselor Talks of Deadly Toll (NBC Los Angeles)

Why Elizabeth Warren thinks legalizing marijuana could help end America’s opioid addiction crisis (The Washington Post)