A Phoenix woman was sentenced to 14 years in prison in connection with her role in fraudulently billing Arizona’s Medicaid agency more than $69 million in less than one year for addiction treatment ...

Addiction and substance use remain pervasive inside prisons, where incarcerated people may encounter ready access to drugs but limited access to meaningful treatment. Jacob Lester draws on research ...

Adult & Teen Challenge director says program builds life skills for recovery ...

Fat enters the blood in most thighbone fractures but rarely causes illness. A finger-injury case adds to the evidence that obesity raises the risk. His Heart Raced to 200 Beats Whenever He Lay Flat or ...

Legislators told an Alabama Department of Corrections official Wednesday that they were concerned by reports that inmates were not getting access to rehabilitation programs in a timely manner. Members ...

California Prisons Have Life-Saving Addiction Treatment. Doctors Say Parole Board Is Undermining It California’s parole board is using unreliable drug test results in decisions about releasing ...

There was a time when Daeqwon Currie thought he’d never kick heroin. “I had a friend shoot me up the first time,” said Currie, 36, of Wilson. “I was scared I’d do it myself. And that was the moment ...

California’s parole board is using unreliable drug test results in decisions about releasing incarcerated people despite flaws that were exposed in a rash of false positives two years ago, more than a ...