After using heroin once, Jordan died.He was a good kid, a happy kid, a kid that was going through a rough moment and his bad choice and the company he kept that night was a recipe for his death.

(From Faces & Voices of Recovery) My name is Ashleigh Jones, and I am a person in long-term recovery. For me, that means I have not had to use a drink or a drug since April 13, 2013.

I was an only child, the nerdy kid growing up, and didn’t really feel as if I fit in with anyone specific group of people. I wanted to be accepted, so I started hanging out with the cool kids and partying.

(KVUE) Austin Recovery Network connected KVUE with Gabi, an Austin-area teenager whose full name we're redacting for her privacy. "So, my first overdose, I had just started using drugs and I was 12 years old," Gabi said.

2021年9月13日 · (NIDA) Have you ever heard someone say that addiction is a choice? What they probably mean is they think that the person could stop using drugs if they really wanted to.But addiction doesn’t work that way.

How dangerous and destructive is the abuse of pain relievers? "Chasing the Dragon" is a short documentary of real people addicted to prescription drugs and heroin.

I am a person in long-term recovery from a substance use disorder. What that means to me is I have been substance free for 9 years. I started using at age 12 and couldn’t stop.

(From Faces & Voices of Recovery) My name is Katharine Stuart, I am 26 years old and a person in long term recovery. I grew up in the suburbs of Indiana.

This is the 14th installment in a series of profiles featuring DEA special agents, diversion investigators, chemists, and more. Learn about the tough but fulfilling, fascinating, and vital work these DEA personnel do, as well as the many different ways …

2021年8月5日 · (DL-Online, Sept. 25) Lakes Recovery School is a program in Detroit that helps drug addicted students focus on their recovery. It's a program within a school, where addicted kids can meet regularly, set goals, and talk openly about their addiction.