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Books from the Collection

Dopesick by Beth Macy
Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic by Sam Quinones
Call Number: Law Library Treatise Collection HV5840.M4 Q56 2015
American pain : how a young felon and his ring of doctors unleashed America's deadliest drug epidemic by John Temple
Call Number: Law Library Treatise Collection RM146.5 .T46 2015
ISBN: 9781493007387

Duquesne University Resource

Gumberg Library Guide on the Opioid Crisis

General Resources

Opioids and the Courts
National Center for State Courts
Prescribing Policies: States Confront Opioid Overdose Epidemic
National Conference of State Legislatures

Congressional Research Service Reports

Search for "Opioid"
The Congressional Research Service is similar to a non-partisan think-tank that provides information to Congress.

Think Tank Search for "Opioid Epidemic"

Information on the "Opioid Epidemic"
Think Tank Search is a custom Google search of more than 600 think tank websites developed by Harvard University.

U.S. Federal Government Resources

Heroin and Opioid Awareness
Department of Justice
The National Opioids Crisis: Help, Resources and Information
Department of Health and Human Services
Opioids
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Opioid Abuse in Rural America
U.S. Department of Agriculture

News and Current Awareness Resources

Opiod Crisis
90.5 WESA Articles and News Stories
Articles on Opioids
National Public Radio
Articles on the Opioid Epidemic
New York Times
Articles on Opioids
Politico