Katherine Russell wanted to die. The opioid addict was done with drugs. It’s not like they were working anyway. The pain was still there. So death sounded like the next best thing. At the time, ...

What if, instead of punishing drug-addicted mothers, we approached substance abuse like an illness that needed treatment? Oddly enough, it seems to work! Since the 1986 "War on Drugs" kicked off and ...

"I'm closer to it because having been an addict, I understand an addict’s way of thinking," Goldberg admitted while ...

He spent 12 years of his life addicted to heroin and living on the streets of Seattle. Now, 18 years clean, Andrew Constantino is a social worker trying to help rescue people from the brink of death ...

HAWAII ISLAND (KHON2) — A recovering fentanyl addict comes clean after multiple close-calls with death. Loyal ‘Ricky’ Archuletta has been to hell and back and considers himself lucky to be alive. He ...

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. cities wanting to pay people with drug addiction to stay sober have scored a major victory by getting more funding for what are known as contingency management programs. Health ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The power of perseverance has played out for one woman who now runs an organization helping others clear their criminal records. Just five years ago, Destiny Garcia was ...

CASPER - Thomas Willson used homemade needles, passed from prisoner to prisoner, to shoot up drugs at Arizona State Penitentiary. The drugs he could find were methamphetamine and heroin. And he could ...

SOMERSET, COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — It's not a new idea, but it's one that's become used more widely as the drug epidemic continues to be an issue - Who better to help those in rehab than someone who has ...

Sister Wives' Christine Brown revealed her oxycodone addiction after knee surgery and how Maddie's wedding motivated her to ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KUTV) — Close to one in three Utahns have some kind of criminal record, according to expungement advocates. On February 10th, 200,000 Utahns get to wipe some or all of their ...