Prince died amid frantic plans for drug addiction treatment (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Ohio family massacre highlights rural region’s ties to illegal drugs (CNN)

Commentary: Does Addiction Treatment Require A Higher Power? (NPR)

Mother of overdose victim: Heroin a ‘death sentence’ (CNN)

Addictive Pain Medication: How to Protect Yourself (Consumer Reports)

Blog: Do Children in France Have a Healthier Relationship With Alcohol? (The New York Times)

US facing not one, but two opioid epidemics (Boston Globe)

Heroin, prescription opioids form especially toxic mix in Mass. (Boston Globe)

Here’s why the opioid epidemic is so bad in West Virginia — the state with the highest overdose rate in the US (Business Insider)

How Prescription Drugs Sparked America’s Heroin Epidemic (Bloomberg)