Drug overdose deaths among adolescents have increased significantly, but fewer than one in three teens who are addicted to opioids gets the help they need....
Pittsburg will get Contra Costa's first sobering center and try to fill a gap in East County youth services, but the project isn't without community concerns. ...
Contra Costa Health has received about $98 million in state funding to build mental health and recovery facilities in Oakley, Pittsburg and Pleasant Hill....
For Spanish-speaking women, accessing treatment for substance abuse can be an uphill battle, but Support4Recovery is doing its part to change that....
Naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses, is free and available in self-service stands at the Antioch, Pleasant Hill and San Pablo libraries....
An Assembly committee discussed the urgency of combatting the rise in overdose deaths among youth in recent years primarily due to ingesting fentanyl....
California is on the national front lines of making mental health and substance use disorder care easier to access for patients of Medi-Cal....
The #SmartSolutions Public Safety Policy Platform addresses concerns of retailers, retail workers, the fentanyl crisis, and support for victims of crime....
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation highlighted the effectiveness and successes of a care over criminalization philosophy in dealing with substance abuse....
A formerly incarcerated, now sober softball team played July 23 against the Hardtimers — the San Quentin softball team — inside the walls of San Quentin Prison....
Programs such as See Her Bloom help Black women with substance abuse disorders by sharing resources and allowing women to tell their stories....
Black people in the Bay Area are two times less likely to access medical respite care in their lifetime as compared to white and Latinx people....
Child life expectancy has gone down in recent years, due to four leading causes, authorities say: homicide, suicide, accidental drug overdose and car accidents....
The FDA approved OTC sales of the opioid overdose treatment Narcan on Wednesday, but it remains to be seen when it will be available or what it will cost....
Change is coming to California’s oldest and most notorious prison and entire criminal justice system, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday....
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