> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# News Quiz: What Is An Opioid And What Makes It Dangerous?
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/news-quiz-what-is-an-opioid-and-what-makes-it-dangerous/
- Published: 2016-02-12T12:00:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:40:43.000Z
- Description: Opioid abuse, in the form of prescription painkillers and heroin, has contributed to a growing number of Iowa emergency room visits and overdose deaths in the past decade. Although some efforts are underway to counteract the trend, IowaWatch recently examined one life-saving measure — bills providin
- Author: IowaWatch
- Tags: iowawatch, News Quizzes, heroin, Iowa Legislature, Naloxone, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

Opioid abuse, in the form of prescription painkillers and heroin, has contributed to a growing number of Iowa emergency room visits and overdose deaths in the past decade. Although some efforts are underway to counteract the trend, IowaWatch [recently examined](https://investigatemidwest.org/slow-on-the-draw-iowa-repeatedly-nixed-expanded-access-to-life-saving-overdose-drug/?ref=investigatemidwest.org) one life-saving measure — bills providing expanded access to an overdose reversal drug called naloxone — that have failed to pass through the Iowa Legislature.

\[quiz key=”1VuhukadW3nk9k\_Y4aM05PWVEwEHrZnfhIkcoKvTwwFk” byline=”Quiz By: Lauren Mills/IowaWatch” title=”‘Slow On The Draw:’ Iowa’s Fight Against Opioid Addiction” source=”‘Slow On The Draw: Iowa Repeatedly Nixed Expanded Access To Life Saving Overdose Drug,’ IowaWatch; National Institute on Drug Abuse; ‘Drug Scheduling,’ U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; ‘Medicine Plus,’ U.S. National Library on Medicine; Iowa Legislature Bill Book; ‘Popular Names of Constitutional Provisions,’ Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington; *Naloxone photo from Adapt Pharma*.” answerstyle=”bullets”\]