substance abuse

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis has heard from troubled teens struggling with depression, anguished homeowners whose dwellings were decimated by…

A state licensing board continues to grapple with how best to address mental-health issues and substance abuse among medical students and physicians...

Overdose deaths related to synthetic opiods like fentanyl increased 1002% nationally between 2011 and 2016, according to a report from the Centers for…

Pasco County has consistently ranked among the hardest hit areas of Florida throughout the opioid crisis.But county substance abuse and mental health…

Florida's Office of Drug Control will be re-established in the governor's office and a state task force on drug abuse will be set up to provide a...

Women are drinking more heavily, and alcohol is behind a growing number of their deaths, according to a Washington Post analysis of federal health data ...

The newest chairman of the committee that looks at children and elder affair issues is outlining some of his top priorities for the 2017 legislative...

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed two bills that are expected to help people get mental-health or substance-abuse treatment and make it easier for...

Miami Judge Steve Leifman, a widely recognized authority on substance-abuse and mental-health issues in the criminal-justice system, closely watched two...

The Orange County Heroin Task Force unanimously approved a plan Monday to combat Central Florida’s growing heroin problem.

More veterans could soon be able to access an alternative court system. Prisons are often called Florida’s largest mental health system – as many as 125...

Florida lawmakers are looking into reforms related to mental health and substance abuse issues and how it relates to the state’s child welfare system.