Prop. 36 promised treatment for people with serious drug addiction, but jails are left holding the bag

The Board of State and Community Corrections, which administers Proposition 47 grants, has proposed allowing those funds to ...

Trump Again Overstates Number of Drug Overdose Deaths in U.S.

Reviving an unfounded claim he has made for several years, President Donald Trump on Sept. 5 overstated the number of ...
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New Study Flips Everything We Know About Addiction Upside Down

Since the 1970s, countless experts and the US government have sold the public a simple explanation for drug addiction, now clinically called substance abuse disorder: the myth of the gateway drug.
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Director of local drug addiction treatment center accused of re-entering US illegally

A MARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The director of an Amarillo drug addiction treatment center was accused of re-entering the US ...
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Trump’s Punitive Approach to Drug Addiction Is Nothing New

Illegal drugs fundamentally shaped the 2024 Presidential election. The campaign season helped to reignite a focus on the opioid crisis and its devastating impacts on communities across the country.

Leader of Amarillo ministry, drug addiction treatment program arrested; deportation possible

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The leader of an Amarillo-based ministry designed to assist people struggling with addiction and ...