According to CDC data, overdose deaths rose nearly 30% in 2020, the highest 1-year increase in decades. The Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, is an aggressive, trans-NIH effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis. The initiative’s research is improving prevention and treatment strategies for opioid misuse and addiction and enhancing pain management. For International Overdose Awareness Day, find out how research fund

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