Most raves turn a blind eye to drugs. At Shambhala, free testing offers peace of mind — but can’t eliminate risk altogether.

An addiction-services nonprofit approved by the city focuses on harm reduction for hard drug users — to the chagrin of some ...

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration July 27 released results from its latest national survey on ...

A National Survey on Drug Use and Health finds some positive trends, but warns that generalized anxiety disorder affects many ...

A 5-year-old experiment sanctioned by the city of New York, but not by the federal government, provide supervised sites for ...

Drug use and addiction are simultaneously a person-level phenomenon (individuals use drugs and may become addicted), an inter-person or social-level phenomenon (using is a social practice often done ...

Less than half of people experiencing homelessness regularly used illicit drugs in the prior six months. The most common drugs used by this population aren’t opioids but methamphetamines. And a ...

This was a loss that shouldn’t have happened,” said Charlie Johnson, the husband of 71-year-old Jean Johnson, who died in the ...