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

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

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 ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have helped San Francisco and other cities expand their supply of drug-free housing for homeless people struggling with addiction. Carried by Assembly ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Harlem drug counselor Madelyn Sosa said she tried to help the tragic addict she knew only as “Sweetie,” but she fell victim ...

Española's only homeless shelter won a temporary reprieve Tuesday night after city councilors delayed deciding whether to shut the facility down, voting instead during a long and crowded meeting to ...

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 ...