NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Police departments in some Illinois cities are offering help for heroin addicts instead of arrest. The (Aurora) Beacon-News reports the amnesty programs offer addicts the chance to ...

I was arrested, relapsed, and hit rock bottom. After getting sober, I rebuilt my life and opened a thriving candle studio in ...

The so-called War on Drugs has turned into an endless struggle, crowding prisons with addicts who resume their habits when they’re back on the street. An epidemic of deaths from overdoses of heroin ...

SELDEN, N.Y. (WABC) -- Nick Carbonaro's mom will tell you her son wasn't a bad person. He just made some bad decisions. "I know what I know. He was sensitive. He had a great heart," Lori Carbonaro ...

Rapid action by both Gov. Scott Walker’s opioid task force and the state Legislature is a reflection of the seriousness of the situation and a desire to help addicts immediately. In an era of sharp ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and ...