A local nonprofit says the use of a drug that is sold at many local stores is growing in the community, including when it ...

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

Abuse of opioids is a public health crisis that’s rising in the United States. More than 80,000 people have died from opioid overdoses in 2021, and most of those deaths can be traced back to fentanyl ...

Conventional wisdom holds that Colorado’s chronically homeless live on the streets by chance rather than choice; that cruel fate beyond their control upended their lives. But plain old common sense ...

Along some of Aurora’s most trafficked roads, including Iliff and Mississippi avenues and by Interstate 225 ramps, signs ask ...

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

At the end of 17 days of forced psychiatric treatment, Kuuipo Surls-Kane climbed into a taxi waiting outside a Kailua ...

Expanded use of Sublocade, an injection that suppresses opioid cravings for a month, has in particular made it easier for ...

Most warm days, Rhona Gardener sits outside the Ridpath Apartments in her red camp chair with a pack of cigarettes in the cupholder and cellphone in her lap. She is among dozens of people — some using ...

A former inmate and Tennessee sheriff collaborate on addiction recovery programs. Shawn Baker and Sheriff Tim Eads aim to ...

It was at the summit of Julianatop, the highest point in Suriname (in the Amazon), that the tears finally came. I wasn’t ...

President Trump says one part of the answer to homelessness is civil commitment and forced medical care. Some Democrats agree ...