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Know the Risks: The tragic consequences of relapse

For most opioid addicts and their families, drug abuse becomes a series of ups and downs due to what's known as "relapse."

Addicts get clean for a while and then get ''triggered" to use again.

Ideastream's Kay Colby chronicles one northeast Ohio family's experience with a tragic consequence of relapse.