Roughly 5% of the state’s babies are born with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Families taking them in say they feel unprepared for the task.
About 85% of the children in state custody have a parent who struggles with substance use disorder. The system is straining to care for them.
Explore some of the photos and videos from this season of The Uncertain Hour.
The opioid epidemic is filling jails. Wise County, Virginia, is looking for alternatives.
Putting the numbers in broader context.
Bucky Culbertson's career has followed the booms and busts of Wise County, up to his current job fighting the opioid epidemic.
This season on The Uncertain Hour, we tell that story.
A look at one of the federal regulations erased with a rarely used tool.
Technically, they never were.
Purdue’s promotions exaggerated the drug’s safety and risks of addiction, leaning heavily on one sentence used by sales reps to market the drug to doctors.
