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(Portland Press Herald, May 20) Kratom, sold as a plant-based herbal supplement used to treat chronic pain, is being banned in six states and possibly more. 

(The Gazette, May 18) 17-year-old Megan Pacheco died from overdosing on MDMA during a sleepover in 2015.

(Health News Florida, May 15) In Jacksonville, Florida, the number of overdoses from heroin laced with fentanyl skyrocketed this year. 

(MassLIVE, May 13) Twelve students from the University of Massachusetts may face charges after a woman overdosed on LSD at a cabin owned by the university’s Outing Club.

(WBRC, May 13) 18-year-old “John” is one of many teens who are recovering from heroin addiction in North Alabama. 

(CNN, May 10) Fatal accidents resulting from drivers who were under the influence of marijuana in Washington state has skyrocketed. 

(Today, May 6) Actress Jamie Lee Curtis opened up about her addiction to opiates in the wake up Prince's death.

(The New York Times, May 5) Mounting evidence shows that singer Prince may have overdosed on painkillers. Photo by jimieye.

(The Salem News, May 2) James Fitzgerald, who was in his 20's, had struggled with heroin for years.

(The Buffalo News, April 28) So far there's been 157 deaths in 2016, compared to 84 deaths up to this date last year.