Nick Padlo's addiction to alcohol and drugs didn't happen overnight. "I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety," says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery ...

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The pressing issue of methamphetamine addiction — especially within Florida’s LGBTQ+ community — has largely been overlooked. Florida is among the five states with the most meth users according to ...

Bernard Groves has spent five years trying to quit methamphetamine. He lost his job. He lost his car. He nearly lost his apartment. Worse than that, he says, his addiction has hurt his family. “I went ...

The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that ...

Live from WYFF 4 studios, Chronicle: State of Addiction was a community event that featured law enforcement and addiction specialists answering viewer questions and discussing issues and solutions ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WFMY) -- More than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Heroin has become an epidemic around the nation and in North ...

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his producer wife, Michele, set off waves of tributes and memorials, but for some families, it stopped them cold.

At 21 years old, Robert McAllister remembers unlocking his phone in Louisville, Kentucky, to a grid of bodies on Grindr, the gay hookup app. To the average American, many terms and symbols in user ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: For most of his life, Joe Hilton has struggled with addiction and ...