James Bunster grew up in a well-off family in Smithtown, attended St. Anthony’s High School and went on to the University at Albany. But his life unraveled. Bunster became addicted to drugs and fell ...

A former heroin addict, the HHS nominee has special insight into how to solve the nation’s drug crisis. Sally Satel sorts the good ideas from the destructive. If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A $447 billion bill that would boost financial oversight and high-speed rail, encourage needle exchanges for drug addicts, and advance other Democratic priorities won final U.S.

(RNS) — Dropping bombs and killing drug dealers may look good on television, but the real war on drugs occurs in treatment programs, which are terribly underfunded. (RNS) — President Donald Trump ...

The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Thursday announced an investigation into whether the City of Rainsville violated three federal laws when it denied an application for a ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed in 2025, cut funding and reduced access to recovery programs for drug addicts by slashing Medicaid and Affordable Care Act supports that had expanded treatment ...

It comes as no surprise that some local law-enforcement agencies are reluctant to endorse needle-distribution programs for drug addicts, which need such support before they can commence. The lack of ...