Drug addiction continues to plague Memphis and the Mid-South. For years, the monster of drug addiction consumed Ben Owen. “I ...

This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2025 California Health Equity Fellowship. A tough-on-crime measure California voters overwhelmingly approved ...

The county sheriff’s office reports that the number of people in its jails has swelled since the state initiative seeking to ...

Latie Nealy of Asbury Park spent most of his life cycling in and out of prison, battling a drug addiction. But, Nealy says ...

The debate over how to deal with homelessness, drug addiction and mental health issues has intensified in recent months — with a renewed focus on a controversial strategy of forcing people into ...

Gov. Tina Kotek faces a steep challenge now the legislative session is done: making sure that hundreds of millions allocated for homelessness and drug addiction is used as intended. Oregon lawmakers ...

Christine Greene hugs her cat Zippy while sitting outside the camper where she and her partner live east of Bend. (Photo by Joe Kline) Studies show that Oregon is among the nation’s worst in access to ...

In hindsight, Arispe admits the move was impulsive and that she should have saved up more money before leaving. “I had no ...

Los Angeles is moving ahead with a plan to build a $2.3 million fence around MacArthur Park. Will it help ease homelessness and drug use there?

The group was founded by Joe Lonsdale, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who backed Trump’s campaign for president in 2024.

Nearly half of Ontario’s planned Homelessness and Addictions Recovery Treatment (HART) hubs, including those in northeastern ...

A tough-on-crime measure California voters overwhelmingly approved last year promised to usher in an “era of mass treatment” for the tens of thousands of homeless drug users across the state. But so ...