During recent county discussions, critics pointed out the failed DEMA homeless services program as a cautionary example. DEMA ...

From meditation to molecular science, addiction treatment is being reinvented. See how new breakthroughs are giving hope for recovery.

When my son was born, I made a promise to myself and to him: the cycle of trauma and addiction stops now. I was 12 years sober at the time. The path that got me there had been filled with abuse, shame ...

When Christina Perry runs out to her car to get something, she no longer sees her 10-year-old daughter Karen watching from the window, making sure she comes back. It's a new level of trust in their ...

One recovering drug addict is using his past struggles as inspiration for his music to inspire others to believe they, too, ...

Addiction is a terrible thing. Drug addiction, alcohol addiction, whatever type of addiction it is...it destroys relationships, jobs, lives. Anyone who's ever loved an addict has faced the reality at ...

The Palm Beach County medical examiner says 421 people died of opioid overdoses in 2022. I wonder if Jay was counted among them. His body was found in early 2023, but he actually died on Sept. 29 of ...

At the beginning of March, the Madison Fire Department implemented a new initiative to begin carrying and administering buprenorphine. Emergency responders can administer buprenorphine to treat opioid ...

Some of us swear we could give up anything except the pastries calling from a bakery window. The attraction runs deeper than taste. Once sugar enters your system, it triggers dopamine, opioids, and ...