Jessica Braun Gervais is a Chicago-based freelance writer specializing in health, wellness and fitness. She earned a B.A. in Journalism from Columbia College and has written content for various health ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The opioid crisis has been a quiet, deadly presence in America for a quarter-century ...

The president wants to enforce involuntary commitment laws for severe drug use. But rehab is expensive, without enough beds for those who seek it. By Jan Hoffman The sight is increasingly common: ...

Near the end of his scheduled three-month stay at a rehab center outside Austin, Texas, Daniel McKegney was forced to tell his father in North Carolina that he needed more time and more money, he ...

In-house addiction treatment is coming to East Hempfield Township, with operations expected to begin in about a year. A 50-bed inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility that includes opioid ...