Explore the link between mental health struggles and substance abuse in the Black community, including the importance of seeking help and support.

Originally white and middle class, victims are now Black and brown people struggling with long-term addictions and too few resources. During 10 brutal years, opioid and stimulant deaths have ...

Six months after California’s Prop 36 took effect, early data shows a rise in arrests — with the law disproportionately ...

Black people with opioid addiction have historically been directed to programs that offer methadone, an effective but tightly regulated medication. It typically requires daily trips to a clinic to ...

Rural Black people have the highest poverty rates among rural residents, at 30% vs.12% poverty among rural whites. Rural Black people also have higher rates of mental illness, cardiovascular ...

Drug overdose deaths among Black Bostonians fell by nearly 60% last year. It's an achievement to be recognized, but much work ...

Redding's oldest church building is getting a facelift from congregants and volunteers, many of whom are people recovering from addiction and homelessness. They're restoring the 130-year-old ...