Reports from Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institute of Health, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and other organizations are in agreement about opioid addiction. It is a public health crisis. It can happen to anyone, any intellectual level, any background. Contributing factors include family background – someone(s) in the family have or are struggling with dependence on substances they abuse, environment, genetics, personality traits and stress.