The number of newborns displaying withdrawal symptoms from opioid drugs quadrupled between 1999 and 2013, a likely result of the growing problem of abuse of painkilling drugs. (U.S. News & World Report)

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John Reynolds was the newsletters editor for the Tribune from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was a reporter for Quorum Report, a non-partisan online political newsletter focusing on the ins and outs under...