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MISSOULA, Mont. - One agency is working to provide more sober living facilities in Missoula next year as the need grows.

Plentiful, fentanyl 50. to 100 times more powerful than morphine whether in pill or powder form if snorted, dangerous in tiny amounts. >> reporter: when did fentanyl first come into your life. >> in my first overdose. >> reporter: how many overdoses have there been? >> 14. >> reporter: when his grandfather died, grief caused him to relapse and he thought he was using heroin but it was fentanyl. how much did you use. >> a tenth of a gram. >> reporter: thats tiny. >> barely like a sprinkle of salt...

Devastated the addiction community. >> what addiction is in your brain is down regulation of dopamine, and what social interaction does is up regulate dopamine. it is organic medicine for the recovering brain. >> reporter: add to the mix cheap and plentiful fentanyl, 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, whether in pill or wow durr f powder form. >> how did fentanyl come into your life? >> first overdose. >> how many overdoses has there been? >> 14. >> reporter: he was clean 19 months, then...

Overdose, any metric you want to use. >> a former opioid addict, alex now dedicates his life to studying, understanding, and working with the addicted and recovering at lexingtons voices of hope. he says the pandemic and the isolation with it devastated the addiction community. >> what addiction is in your brain is down regulation of dopamine and what social interaction does is up regulate dopamine. it is literally organic medicine for the recovering brain. >> reporter: add to the mix cheap and ...

New guidance on how to taper and discontinue from psychiatric drugs from leading researchers Mark Horowitz and David Taylor.

Switching to electronic cigarettes dont help smokers stay off traditional cigarettes, according to a recent study.

This is the first study to look at whether cigarette smokers can switch to electronic cigarettes without relapsing to smoking within one year.

A new study explores how people manage to discontinue antipsychotic medication and examines how social supports may improve outcomes.

Kelly Osbourne has entered a rehab facility in Austin, Texas, according to a source.

Kelly Osbourne has entered a rehab facility in Austin, Texas, according to a source.