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The state’s process for involuntary psychiatric evaluations is getting a major overhaul under legislation that’s cleared the Legislature this year, with advocates saying its long overdue.

The presidential election is likely to turn on the simple question of whether Americans want Donald Trump back in the White House. But health care tops the list of household financial worries for adults from both parties.

The Senate passed a plan that would designate at least four behavioral health teaching hospitals as lawmakers look to improve care for people with mental health and substance abuse issues.

Illegal supplies of fentanyl are being cut with xylazine, a powerful horse tranquilizer. Overdoses involving this veterinary sedative are growing nationally and now Florida officials are tracking the deaths.

A report based on millions of urine drug tests found the United States is facing a rise in the use of multiple drugs at once, which not only is often more deadly but complicates treatment efforts.

In response to recent inmate deaths, the county gave over $1 million to a program that offers care, housing and transportation to people with mental health or substance abuse issues

Similar to a typical urgent care center, the facility will have extended hours and allow patients to make same-day or walk-in appointments for mental health and addiction support.

Parents, educators, and elected officials agree that investing in school-based prevention efforts could help curb the rising rate of youth drug overdoses. The well-known DARE program is one likely choice, but its effectiveness is in question.

Efforts to improve addiction care in jails and prisons are underway across the country. But a rural Alabama county with one of the nation’s highest overdose rates shows how change is slow.

The number of people dying from alcoholic liver disease rose dramatically in the last decade, sped by the COVID pandemic.