/tags/silent-epidemic silent epidemic en-US Copyright Sun, 05 Jul 2015 22:47:00 GMT /health/2015-07-05/the-silent-epidemic-of-addiction-in-southern-oregon The first thing I realized when I started reporting on the heroin epidemic in southern Oregon is that pretty much everything I thought I knew about it was… Sun, 05 Jul 2015 22:47:00 GMT /health/2015-07-05/the-silent-epidemic-of-addiction-in-southern-oregon Liam Moriarty /health-and-medicine/2015-07-05/genesis-of-an-epidemic-it-made-sense-to-everybody Dr. Jim Shames is an addiction specialist and the medical director for Jackson County Health and Human Services. He says doctors like him played a key… Sun, 05 Jul 2015 22:46:00 GMT /health-and-medicine/2015-07-05/genesis-of-an-epidemic-it-made-sense-to-everybody Liam Moriarty /health/2015-07-05/addictions-grip-on-the-brain-its-a-matter-of-their-biology Today, we meet Darryl Inaba. He’s a Doctor of Clinical Pharmacy and co-author of “Uppers, Downers, All Arounders,” a book on addiction and the brain… Sun, 05 Jul 2015 22:45:00 GMT /health/2015-07-05/addictions-grip-on-the-brain-its-a-matter-of-their-biology Liam Moriarty /health/2015-07-05/finding-a-path-back-i-realized-i-didnt-have-to-want-to-use In this final part of the series, we meet 27-year-old Diana Cooper. She’s a mother of four from Medford -- and a recovering heroin addict.Cooper says… Sun, 05 Jul 2015 22:41:00 GMT /health/2015-07-05/finding-a-path-back-i-realized-i-didnt-have-to-want-to-use Liam Moriarty /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-07-05/inside-jprs-silent-epidemic The search for pain relief is turning respectable members of the community into drug addicts.It's happened for years, since the introduction of the highly… Sun, 05 Jul 2015 17:10:30 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-07-05/inside-jprs-silent-epidemic Geoffrey Riley, Liam Moriarty