Across Indiana, numerous groups support people living in recovery from addiction. They provide services like peer support groups and educational resources.

Many also provide harm reduction services – things like fentanyl strips to identify the presence of the deadly substance, and naloxone, a lifesaving medication that reverses overdoses.

Many people who re-enter society after incarceration face barriers that make it hard to find and keep a job and be successful. They also face stigma.

When someone has a substance use disorder, it can upend their lives, which also affects their family members and loved ones.

The film – The Addict’s Wake – focuses on how the opioid epidemic impacts people with substance use disorder and their families and communities.

Over the past two years, youth cigarette, alcohol and marijuana use hit some of their lowest rates in more than 30 years. But some who work in the recovery field remain concerned about the issue of youth substance use.

Youth cigarette, alcohol and marijuana use saw the lowest rates in the 30 years since the Indiana Youth Survey has been administered.