Abdirahman Warsame of Minneapolis once felt alone in his fentanyl addiction. He hopes his personal story resonates with those ...

A church in Alabama's Bible Belt. The state is home to more than 13,000 religious institutions. Leaders from them are being certified as recovery specialists, to better aid those with substance ...

Cell phone in hand, Oliveira travels to cities like Boston, Lowell, Lawrence and, recently, Worcester, where he engages with ...

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

Help4WV, the state’s only 24/7 call line for people struggling with substance use disorder and mental health, is celebrating ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and ...

In this week's PEOPLE cover, Priscilla Presley opens up about how she helped her son Navarone through fentanyl and heroin ...

People in the United States are in the midst of an ongoing opioid epidemic and a wave of mental health problems. So funding and staff cuts to a federal agency that supports mental health care, suicide ...

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

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — An Illinois bill could change harm reduction strategies across the state to help those addicted to opioids. The proposal would change homeless shelter rules. Any shelter that ...

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