Doctors Grapple with When to Prescribe Opioids for Pain Renee Montagne talks to Dr. Sushrut Jangi, an internist at Beth Israel Hospital, who says doctors wrestle with how to help their patients with pain without contributing to drug abuse.

Treating the Tiniest Opioid Patients Series of podcasts on drug addicted mothers and babies born addicted to drugs.

Embedded: The House Hosted by Kelly McEvers, Embedded takes a story from the news and goes deep. What does it feel like for a nurse from rural Indiana to shoot up a powerful prescription opioid? 

THE PLEASURE CENTRES AFFECTED BY DRUGS The page in The Brain from Top to Bottom reviews pleasure centers triggered by alcohol.

THE PLEASURE CENTRES AFFECTED BY DRUGS The page in The Brain from Top to Bottom reviews pleasure centers triggered by opiates.