On Australia's Central Coast, around two hours north of
Sydney, the Ware family is one of thousands across the country now locked in a life-or-death fight against opioid addiction.
Far from America, where the opioid epidemic has left 400,000 dead, Australia is facing its own crisis of surging opioid prescriptions and fatal overdoses .
Deb Ware and her 22-year-old son Sam opened their home to The Associated Press to shine a light on the pharmaceutical opioid addiction that has fractured their family.