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, ...

Most people likely would not associate a bar with sobriety and fundraisers helping families facing crises such as funeral expenses or aiding children with cancer, but one business owner about to ...

I was a student at a Federal College of Education then, living on campus. Every weekend, a friend who lived off-campus would bring bottles of cough syrup and my friends would take it and sleep like ...

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 ...

From a single cigarette to life-altering illnesses that damage lungs, guts and lives, survivors recount their painful ...

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 ...

City and county officials across Mississippi have taken new steps to address addiction with opioid settlement money in the wake of Mississippi Today’s investigation into how these funds have been ...

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