A former drug dealer, Terrell Scott, has returned to the streets of McDonough, not to wreak havoc, but to save them by ...

A class of diabetes and weight-loss drugs, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, may do far more than trim waistlines. Early studies reveal they could also ease alcohol, nicotine, and drug dependence by ...

I was in the bath trying to get warm, surrounded by needles, screaming to God for help. I thought, “I’m going to be dead soon”. I’d been out shoplifting, and hadn’t been able to find anything to sell ...

Larry's Home in Little Egg Harbor offers a sober-living residence for Ocean County veterans recovering from addiction.

A mom was a decade-long heroin addict, spending nearly $680 on the substance per week — but she kicked the habit once she hit rock bottom. When Shannon Ashley was 13, she tried heroin to “show off” in ...

I was in the bath trying to get warm, surrounded by needles, screaming to God for help. I thought, “I’m going to be dead soon”. This chapter of my life had begun when I was 15. That was when I met an ...