The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced ...

Prescription drugs like lorazepam — used to treat anxiety, panic attacks and sleep disorders — play a role in popular TV ...

Montana lawmakers are grappling with how — if at all — the state should rein in kratom, an unregulated plant-derived ...

The United States has been battling an opioid crisis for decades, marked by three distinct waves of rising overdose deaths.

The new administration’s decision to fire a tenth of the workers at the federal government agency that oversees mental and ...

Officials from the Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board recently participated in a series of ...

Andrew Drury, 42, was found unresponsive in the intake room of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Sunday afternoon.

The partnership between the two projects helps pair moms with songwriters to create personalized lullabies for babies going through withdrawal symptoms.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - An exhibit at the University of Iowa is telling the stories of Iowans who died from drug overdoses. A sketched portrait of Zachary Aschoff is one of 32 portraits hanging in ...

I helped write the bill that imposed mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine. It was a mistake that should not be ...

In some parts of the U.S., drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts ...

Lala Kent is "proud" of Jax Taylor for coming clean about his cocaine addiction. "That is not easy to admit," Kent, 34, said ...