addiction and substance abuse

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday rejected a claim by the widow of a former USC football player who said the NCAA failed to protect him from repeated…

By CLAIRE RUSH - Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon mayor plans to ban camping on Portland streets and move unhoused people to campsites designated by the city, as the…

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government announced plans Tuesday to award millions of dollars in grants to expand all-hours mental health and substance abuse care in more…

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two years after Oregon residents voted to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have…

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two years after Oregon residents voted to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON - Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The tattoos on Billie Stafford’s hands — inspired by street art and full of references to her work…

By DENISE LAVOIE - AP Legal Affairs Writer CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the word “PEER,” Joy Bogese approaches people struggling with drug addiction the way a teacher…

By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — One of the nation’s leading fetal alcohol researchers testified Tuesday that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s birth mother drank…

ATLANTA (AP) — Nick Carusillo died when he was hit by multiple vehicles on a Georgia interstate, just days after he was abruptly discharged from an addiction treatment center. Now his parents hope a substantial jury verdict…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON - AP Medical Writer Harold Lewis has been fighting drug addiction for years, but only recently started thinking recovery could be fun.The 59-year-old former cook earned small prizes…