At least two major West Coast cities are rethinking their so-called harm reduction policies that have sought to address addiction, signaling that these areas are overhauling their strategy to combat ...

Courtney Nunnally scrolled on her phone in the back of the Richmond police SUV. The fluorescent lights from the strip centers, gas stations and cheap motels lining Midlothian Turnpike shined through ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police program aimed at keeping people addicted to drugs out of jail is being expanded because it's working so well. Donald Davis is a heroin addict, but with the help of ...

Seattle's new drug enforcement approach sparks debate as police and advocates warn of rising crime and open-air drug markets ...

(Issouf SANOGO/AFP/AFP) In Ivory Coast's biggest city Abidjan, vulnerable drug addicts say that discovering a secluded care and support centre in an upscale part of the city has helped them to turn ...

Mayor Daniel Lurie of San Francisco is ending the practice of handing out paraphernalia to drug addicts for free unless the city staff and nonprofits first attempt to push those addicts into treatment ...

Rep. Jim Walsh, R -Aberdeen, has introduced legislation to strengthen Washington’s Involuntary Treatment Act, expanding ...

Mayor Eric Adams, facing a tough reelection battle, is proposing legislation to allow for the forcible removal of drug addicts from New York City streets. The proposal, which Mr. Adams announced this ...

SHELTERING in the underpass a stone’s throw from a busy shopping arcade, a young man sits hunched, begging for money to feed ...