Lawmakers dropped the controversial idea to pursue safe injection sites in a compromise addiction and substance use disorder bill they filed Tuesday after months of private negotiations. Reps. Alice ...

BOSTON — Two days before Christmas in 2016, Dr. James Baker celebrated the holiday with his 23-year-old son, Max. That day, Baker, a physician, and Max, who was in recovery from heroin addiction, ...

Drug prohibition hasn't worked. Illicit opioids continue to kill thousands of Americans each year, and the problem grows ...

BOSTON - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is supporting controversial supervised injection sites for the first time as deadly overdoses reach record levels. A new DPH report says there ...