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Drew Pinsky, popularly known as Dr. Drew, is an addiction medicine specialist and host of the TV series "Ask Dr. Drew."

A father and his family endured tragedy, drug use, homelessness, foster care, and California’s deadliest wildfire.

Nearly one in 10 Americans has Type 2 diabetes, and globally, more than 25 percent of people have ...

Although Eddie Murphy said he was exposed to cocaine during a night out with comedians Robin Williams and ...

Commentary The recent authorization in British Columbia of provision of “safer supply” fentanyl to the youth of the ...

Cannabis legalization efforts are a boon to big business, but many Americans are paying with their health.

Commentary Faced with an overdose crisis that is killing thousands of people every year, Canada decided to embrace ...

Commentary The city of Edmonton recently removed some troublesome tent encampments and the reaction from activists was outraged, ...

Leighton Woodhouse has been documenting the "street addiction crisis" engulfing the Bay Area and the political culture and ...

The California Highway Patrol also seized more than 40 pounds of fentanyl—enough to make 9 million lethal doses—in ...

'We need to see a sense of urgency. We cannot wait until 2026,' Mr. Newsom said. 'People will ...

Nearly 50 of the Golden State’s 58 counties are planning to delay implementation of the new state law ...

News Analysis Despite the passage of state and federal laws that were supposed to reduce fatal drug overdoses, the annual U.S. drug overdose ...

Commentary Earlier this year, I drew attention to the little-known fact that the City of Toronto was giving ...

Commentary The horrifying shootings in Maine with 18 dead innocents are just the latest sign of the rise ...

B.C. Conservative MP Todd Doherty tabled a motion asking the health committee to call for an immediate end ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law allowing individuals to seek court orders requiring social media platforms ...

Family members will now be allowed to petition for the review of loved ones at risk of harm.

News Analysis It was a great first date, two-plus hours of conversation and martinis at Portland’s Driftwood Room, ...

Liberal Party warns too many problems unresolved with first injecting room.

As the 88-year-old former mayor sits in an armchair reminiscing about San Francisco's once-beautiful landscape and diverse culture, ...

Hundreds of bills introduced in the California Legislature earlier this session will be decided during fast-paced hearings held ...

Commentary We all have our private biases so let me confess mine: I loathe the smell of marijuana. ...

The brain is the most energy-demanding organ, using about half of all the sugar energy in the body.

A California organization is hoping to gather enough signatures to place an initiative on the November 2024 ballot ...

When Amy Neville, of Aliso Viejo, California, lost her 14-year-old son Alex to an illicit pill that contained ...

SAN DIEGO—More than half of all adults arrested in the San Diego region in 2022 tested positive for ...