Posted on April 18th, 2023 by Rebecca Baker, Ph.D., NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term® (HEAL) Initiative NIH HEAL Initiative Meets People Where They Are The opioid crisis continues to devastate communities across America. Dangerous synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, have flooded the illicit drug supply with terrible consequences. Tragically, based on our most-recent data, about 108,000 people in the U.S. die per year from overdoses of opioids or stimulants [1]. Although this complex public health... Read More . . . Follow @NIHDirector Get posts via RSS Feed Update Your E-mail Address | Add Subscriptions | Unsubscribe All If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. For all other inquiries about NIH programs and activities, please contact Ask NIH. Before writing, please view our Frequently Asked Questions page, our Health Information page, or Search our website. This service is provided to you by the National Institutes of Health. NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health®  This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institutes of Health (NIH) · 9000 Rockville Pike · Bethesda MD 20892 · 301-496-4000 / TTY 301-402-9612