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

Instead of criminalising those trapped in drug addiction, the focus must shift to treatment, counselling and rehabilitation, says Dr Venkata Lakshminarasimha, Assistant Professor at the De-addiction ...

Nick Carbonaro's mom will tell you her son wasn't a bad person. He just made some bad decisions. After struggling with addiction for years in February he died of a heroin overdose. "I wake him up the ...

The Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) has proposed that narco­tics addiction rehabilitation centres (Puspen) be gazetted as special prisons for drug addicts to strengthen rehabilitation and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police crisis intervention officers in Lee's Summit are promoting a program that offers hope for drug addicts seeking help. Amazon ...

As a professor of addiction care, Wim van den Brink was a pioneer in providing prescription heroin to addicts. Now, he is ...

KOTA TINGGI, Jan 18 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) has proposed that narcotics addiction rehabilitation centres (PUSPEN) be gazetted as special prisons for drug addicts ...

The Ministry of Justice wants to draw a clearer line between drug addicts and criminals under a proposed legal amendment.