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A Boston Globe reporter who has written extensively about addiction and treatment is heartened by the compassion and resolve of caregivers, and the courage and resilience of those struggling with addiction.

Whether it’s holding a newborn and vowing to be a good parent, or simply waking up one morning yearning for a better life, the time comes — seemingly all of a sudden — when people with addiction find inspiration to reclaim their lives.

The experiences of three young adults who fatally overdosed, as told by their parents, contain lessons for addressing the opioid crisis.

Failure to provide medication and inadequate help for mental illness are among the most glaring flaws.

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Massachusetts General Hospital emergency doctors can now prescribe medication for addiction, and a new state law requires others to do the same.

A painful job leads some to opioid misuse, but a fisherman’s schedule makes treatment difficult.

The Fall River center is one of three “opioid urgent care clinics” intended to seize the moment when a person wants addiction treatment.

Most jails and all prisons in Massachusetts deny inmates access to medications to treat addiction. When discharged, inmates are at high risk of fatal overdose.

After a decade of shooting heroin, a man resumes an upper-middle-class life, and credits a medication. Others disapprove of anti-addiction drugs, and specialists say this resistance to proven therapies impedes the battle against opioids.

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A new and fast-growing company, Column Health, is challenging the traditional ways and measuring its own progress.