Do You Have an Alcohol or Drug Problem? (About.com)

Alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those...

REVOLVING DOORS: The crisis in California's parole system (North County Times)

Each year, nearly 2,000 men and women walk out of California's overcrowded prisons and back into the North County communities where they lived.

The Ironton Tribune (The Ironton Tribune)

IRONTON — The following information is the unedited Lawrence County Ohio Performance Audit presented by the Ohio State Auditor's office. Some of the charts and tables may not display clearly because formatting required to be placed online.

Access fuels prescription-drug abuse (Battle Creek Enquirer)

Spend a week in a pharmacy and you'd be astonished at the number of people trying to obtain prescription drugs illegally, said Anthony Ratti, managing pharmacist at Askler's Augusta Pharmacy 'N' More.

Web of Addiction: Unraveling the web of addiction to drugs (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)

Editors note: Today the Herald Times Reporter begins a series on drug abuse and addiction in Manitowoc County by introducing readers to Jennifer, a young woman who declined from a successful high school student to a methadone addict undergoing treatment at a residential center. Subsequent stories will explore the tortured world of abuse and addiction that exists amid everyday life in our county.