Lawmakers dropped the controversial idea to pursue safe injection sites in a compromise addiction and substance use disorder bill they filed Tuesday after months of private negotiations. Reps. Alice ...

BOSTON — Two days before Christmas in 2016, Dr. James Baker celebrated the holiday with his 23-year-old son, Max. That day, Baker, a physician, and Max, who was in recovery from heroin addiction, ...

The United States’ opioid problem has steadily been getting worse. In 2022, more than 110,000 people died of drug overdoses, "two-thirds of whom succumbed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl," ...

For years, the idea of establishing supervised drug injection sites has been a long-standing goal for some progressive California leaders looking to address the burgeoning overdose crisis. Efforts to ...