Policymakers in California embrace a proven but unorthodox treatment for meth and cocaine addiction: Give people gift cards to stay off the drugs.

It is well established that the government can provide care to seriously mentally ill people even if they refuse. The ...

A gifted student who pulled out her own eyes during a psychotic episode now aims to help others fighting addiction. Kaylee ...

Shannon Hughes, 46, started using methamphetamine when her daughter, Mistena Renteria-Elliott, 26, was 12-years-old after someone introduced her to the drug.

Celes Castrol remembers that day in eighth grade when she and her friends discovered the meth pipes in the room of one girl’s parents.

People can be prescribed methadone to manage their addiction to heroin, fentanyl and other opioids. But experts say there are no approved medications to help people addicted to meth and other ...

South Bay leaders on Thursday cut a ceremonial ribbon in celebration of the soon-to-open "Compassionate Addiction Services & ...

Currently, the city's biggest drug problem is meth use. In addition to meth use, Kalamazoo is also seeing issues with opioid addiction and heroine across the city, according to Boysen.

Dunn County officials told me about the increase in people entering treatment. Last September, 35% of those entering treatment were meth addicts and this number steadily grew.