Places like Minnesota Recovery Connection can help to provide the support people need as they walk their roads to recovery.

People with addictions often choose a drug that helps them feel normal, so an anxious person might choose alcohol or Xanax, ...

Opioid misuse doesn’t start with an overdose. It starts with peer pressure, a doctor’s prescription, or as a coping mechanism ...

Like Butterfield, the 41-year-old West Valley City mom became addicted to kratom, an herbal supplement that has been called “gas station heroin” because over time — sometimes not much time — it can ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Knoxville nonprofit is using paintbrushes and conversation to help people in recovery find new ways to heal. The Metro Drug Coalition offers an art class aimed at helping people ...

Billed as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act” on the November 2024 ballot, Proposition 36 won easily with the support of more than two-thirds of California voters. The ...

A drug dealer offered cocaine to police during his arrest in Brighton, asking: "Do you want some?". Endri Lamaj, 23, was arrested on August 5 after officers captured footage of him dealing the Class A ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. In this week's PEOPLE cover story, Priscilla recounts staying by her son's side through his withdrawals from fentanyl and heroin In this ...

Oregon is in the process of axing a slew of derogatory place names across the state, and the public is invited to help with the task of coming up with new monikers. The effort was initiated by the ...

The president wants to enforce involuntary commitment laws for severe drug use. But rehab is expensive, without enough beds for those who seek it. By Jan Hoffman The sight is increasingly common: ...