Instead of criminalising those trapped in drug addiction, the focus must shift to treatment, counselling and rehabilitation, says Dr Venkata Lakshminarasimha, Assistant Professor at the De-addiction ...

There’s a renewed push to legalize overdose prevention centers on Beacon Hill, with advocates touting supervised drug use as harm prevention. That depends on how one defines harm. At these centers, ...

Q: My ex and I were together a long time. We blended our families, but after 12 years of clean and sober living, she started ...

Nick Carbonaro's mom will tell you her son wasn't a bad person. He just made some bad decisions. After struggling with addiction for years in February he died of a heroin overdose. "I wake him up the ...

ENFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — An Enfield couple’s life changed earlier this year when their daughter died after a battle with drug addiction. Hannah Kibbe died from an overdose in August, a month shy of her ...

Since 2021, New Yorkers have been rightly puzzled by OnPoint NYC, the “safe injection” sites where hard-drug addicts shoot up under medical supervision. After all, drugs like fentanyl and heroin are ...

KOTA TINGGI, Jan 21 (Bernama) -- The attitude of parents who are overly concerned about social stigma, to the extent of concealing their children’s involvement in drugs, hinders early rehabilitation ...