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St. Louis — She screamed and cried, banged on the dashboard, begging her husband to drive faster, faster, faster toward her brother lying face-down on his bedroom floor. Craig Elazer had struggled all his life with anxiety so bad his whole body would shake. But because he was Black, he was seen as unruly, she…

Southwest, American and United have all taken steps to curb in-flight alcohol consumption — and, hopefully, passenger incidents. After a marked increase in disruptive — and sometimes dangerous — behavior by passengers, some airlines are changing their plans to start selling alcohol in the cabin again. Southwest, which banned a woman for allegedly assaulting a…

Joy Thompson was in her early 50s when she started using opioids. Pain medication prescribed for hip replacement surgery in 2014 sent Ms. Thompson, now 58, quickly into addiction. By 2017, after she attempted to sell a gun to an undercover police officer to raise money for drugs, she was behind bars at a state…

Preslee Scott spent more than one afternoon in her early teen years picking up her dad’s empty beer cans and dumping them in the outside trash can after he’d fallen asleep on the couch. So in December, when the Utah teen was asked by her 10th-grade English teacher to write an essay about something that…

Under the loosened guidelines, prescribers will be able to treat up to 30 patients at a time with the drug The Biden administration is easing decades-old requirements that made it difficult for doctors to treat opioid addiction using medication. New guidelines announced Tuesday mean doctors and other health workers will no longer need extra hours…

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — Larrecsa Cox steered past the used tire shop, where a young man collapsed a few days before, the syringe he’d used to shoot heroin still clenched in his fist. She wound toward his house in the hills outside of town. The man had been revived by paramedics, and Cox leads a…

Like many others working from home during this deadly crisis, Erin Spahn Erenberg has days when she feels overwhelmed trying to meet the needs of her job and her family, frustrated by relentless competing demands that drain her physically and emotionally. “The saddest thing for me is that it has chipped away at my joy…

5 “green” flags to look for if you want the relationship to work. Key signs that an individual is in recovery and is open to a relationship. The person is open to speaking about the addiction. You sense a desire for connection.  They adhere to a routine and their life reflects a health focus on…

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — As we approach the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, a dark reality looms. More and more victims will barely make it out alive. Sadly, others won’t make it at all. It’s created a mental and physical struggle for families. “He was just a joy. He loved life, being outside,” said…

Researchers think they may have found the first medication treatment for meth addiction, a significant step toward stemming the increase in overdose deaths seen in recent years. A study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine found that a combination of two medications may be a safe and effective treatment for adults with…