When Portugal decided in 2000 to decriminalize personal drug possession, Hakimi Zapata said, "not only did addiction rates fall — overdose deaths fell, HIV/AIDS rates fell, but so did drug use.” ...

This is the first installment of a five-part series on the Drug-Alcohol Coalition of Iredell's recent "In The Know" event.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced ...

The new administration’s decision to fire a tenth of the workers at the federal government agency that oversees mental and ...

Montana lawmakers are grappling with how — if at all — the state should rein in kratom, an unregulated plant-derived ...

The United States has been battling an opioid crisis for decades, marked by three distinct waves of rising overdose deaths.

For more than 30 years — from teenhood into adulthood and raising her children — Deirdre Raczkowski was struggling with substance abuse and cocaine use. In 2023, before she became sober, she said, she ...

The prescription drugs — used to treat anxiety, panic attacks and sleep disorders — play a role in popular TV shows like “The ...

Officials from the Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board recently participated in a series of ...

NHS Ayrshire and Arran has issued a public warning after a rise in the number of 'street drug' overdoses and deaths in recent weeks.

Andrew Drury, 42, was found unresponsive in the intake room of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Sunday afternoon.

The partnership between the two projects helps pair moms with songwriters to create personalized lullabies for babies going through withdrawal symptoms.