A controversial program rewards drug users for accepting temporary or permanent birth control, reports The Daily Sentinel, in Colorado. To qualify for the Project Prevention program, women must prove ...

Thanks to Steven A. Schroeder for his opinion piece regarding alcoholism and drug addiction (“Grant Makers Must Attack Substance Abuse,” July 26.). This disease has been considered a moral issue for ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police program aimed at keeping people addicted to drugs out of jail is being expanded because it's working so well. Donald Davis is a heroin addict, but with the help of ...

After rising exponentially since 1979, overdose rates have finally begun to decline, falling more than 29 percent since 2022.

There’s a renewed push to legalize overdose prevention centers on Beacon Hill, with advocates touting supervised drug use as harm prevention. That depends on how one defines harm. At these centers, ...

A new program to provide support for child and adolescent substance abusers is coming to Montgomery County . South Community, Inc., a private behavioral health group, and Montgomery County Juvenile ...

Alison Starkie spends her days tracking down people who need testing or treatment for hepatitis C, especially those who are unhoused or actively using drugs.

(WKYT) - As the sun rises over Taylor Made Farm in Jessamine County, several dozen men gather in a home, heads bowed, and deep in prayer. Each man is on a journey to rebuild a life shattered by drug ...

CBS News California Investigates obtained data from the LAFD that show 24,503 of the 25,461 patients who received naloxone doses since 2022 survived their overdose, about 96%.