2 of a Farmer’s 3 Children Overdosed. What of the Third — and the Land?

By JACK HEALY March 12, 2017 BLANCHESTER, Ohio — A life of farming taught Roger Winemiller plenty about harsh twists of fate: hailstorms and drought, ragweed infestations and jittery crop prices. He hadn’t bargained on heroin. Then, in March...

A Spike in Overdose Emergency Calls Is Seen in Kentucky

By CHRISTINE HAUSER February 13, 2017 The numbers were remarkable even for a city in Kentucky, which is one of the top five states in the nation for overdose deaths. In a span of 32 hours last week, emergency workers in Louisville responded to almost two...

Addiction Treatment Grew Under Health Law. Now What?

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and ABBY GOODNOUGH February 10, 2017 MANCHESTER, N.H. — Chad Diaz began using heroin when he was 12. Now 36 and newly covered by Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, he is on Suboxone, a substitute opioid that...