Our Epidemic

Advice on how to manage prescribed opioid use.

Three local doctors show us alternative treatments to opioids.

Greg McNeil turned the loss of his son into a lesson for all.

After struggling to get sober, Gina Bonaminio helps others with addiction find their way.

Parma firefighter and paramedic David Knecht has been on the front lines for more than 20 years.

The DEA's Keith Martin takls about fentanyl, drug routes and more.

A man who uses heroin shares his story.

Consider these options when starting the road to recovery.

A detailed look at the opiods affecting people in Northeast Ohio.

In 2013, heroin took the lives of nearly 200 people in Cuyahoga County, more than who died from homicides or suicides. 

Melissa Koppel turned to pain medication to relieve her severe migraines and became addicted. She eventually started using heroin. A year later, she became one of the drug's many victims. 

Overdoses claimed 194 fathers, daughters, spouses and friends in 2013. They danced, they labored and they left others behind.