Addiction

Former heroin users who go on an opioid replacement drug and who also participate in the clinic's counseling sessions are less likely to relapse.

Sometimes known on the street as 'K2,' synthetic cannabinoids are a growing problem in Philadelphia.

Delaware is one of two states selected to partner with the Pew Charitable Trusts to focus on improving Delaware’s behavioral health system.

The grant comes from a program trying to enlist more community-based primary care physicians in the fight against the opioid addiction.

More than half of suspected overdose deaths are occurring in the southernmost part of the county, and health officials warn it might be due to fentanyl-laced heroin.

Residents of Vineland, New Jersey are demanding answers from authorities after police shot and killed an unarmed black man over the weeke ...

Initiatives to prevent addiction and help those who need treatment show signs of working, Wolf Administration officials said at a press briefing.

At an unassuming storefront on a busy Brooklyn street, people sign up to use a bathroom outfitted to try to curb an overdose crisis.

Since 2013, district attorneys have filed the charge at least 412 times, according to March 2018 data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

The sentence was far less than a punishment at the statutory maximum of 15 years of imprisonment.

Justice Department officials offered a statement late last year saying health workers at a supervised injection site would be vulnerable to criminal charges.

The proposed legislation would require that naloxone instruction be paired with curriculum that educates students about the risks of opioid addiction.

Vancouver is home to North America’s first, public supervised injection facility — and an explosion of spin-offs designed to prevent overdose deaths.

More and more, trouble is following fellow drug users, friends and relatives of those dying from overdoses.

Sharing personal narratives can help the storytellers see some of the good in their lives amid the trauma.