substance abuse

A report based on millions of urine drug tests found the United States is facing a rise in the use of multiple drugs at once, which not only is often more deadly but complicates treatment efforts.

Efforts to improve addiction care in jails and prisons are underway across the country. But a rural Alabama county with one of the nation’s highest overdose rates shows how change is slow.

The bill is meant to address fears that dealers are targeting young people with candy-colored fentanyl, but experts say there's little evidence that's happening. They worry more jail time won't solve the state's drug problem.

A recent report detailing problems with Florida’s patchwork mental health system had reached conclusions nearly identical to those of a similar report from more than 20 years ago. The echoes between the findings are unmistakable.

A state licensing board continues to grapple with how best to address mental-health issues and substance abuse among medical students and physicians...

Pasco County has consistently ranked among the hardest hit areas of Florida throughout the opioid crisis.But county substance abuse and mental health…

Florida's Office of Drug Control will be re-established in the governor's office and a state task force on drug abuse will be set up to provide a...

Women are drinking more heavily, and alcohol is behind a growing number of their deaths, according to a Washington Post analysis of federal health data ...

The newest chairman of the committee that looks at children and elder affair issues is outlining some of his top priorities for the 2017 legislative...

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed two bills that are expected to help people get mental-health or substance-abuse treatment and make it easier for...

Miami Judge Steve Leifman, a widely recognized authority on substance-abuse and mental-health issues in the criminal-justice system, closely watched two...

More veterans could soon be able to access an alternative court system. Prisons are often called Florida’s largest mental health system – as many as 125...