CARE of Southeastern Michigan will be moving forward in its development of a robust training program for peer recovery coaches needed at the Macomb County Jail, probation office and a homeless shelter ...

APPLETON - Candice Francart knew last fall she was going down a bad path. Struggling with an addiction to heroin and crystal meth, the Green Bay resident knew her drug use was ruining her life. “I was ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Dustin French, 29, had four drug overdoses in the span of a year. "I was dead on arrival to the hospital," he said of his last heroin overdose, which happened in April. "I woke up … ...

I didn’t know Jimmy Hayes, the Boston College hockey star who went on to play for the Boston Bruins among other teams during his seven-year NHL career, but I knew his story. I am someone who has been ...

Charlie Oen's battle with addiction started when he was 16 and his family moved to Lima, Ohio. It was the last stop in a string of moves his military family made — from Panama to North Carolina, ...

>> I’M THE FACE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE. REPORTER: IT WAS A LIFE PATRICE BROWN NEVER PLANNED. >> I WAS INTRODUCED INITIALLY TO MARIJUANA LACED WITH COCAINE. IT WAS FEELING AT THAT POINT THAT I NEVER WANTED ...

The 450 people at the DoubleTree Hotel early morning on Aug. 26 were invited to stand if their household had been impacted by substance abuse. The large ballroom had few people remain seated. It was ...

DETROIT — As Hannah Meissner hands sterile needles, fentanyl test strips and peanut butter sandwiches to drug users inside a mobile outreach van, she fears her job helping them stay alive — and break ...

In a first, a Durango nonprofit is bringing a peer-based recovery support program to La Plata County with a focus on the unhoused and supportive housing communities. Community Compassion Outreach’s ...