Clarissa Grable became a foster parent because of methamphetamine. In 1993, her sister, a longtime meth addict, could no longer care for her children, so Grable became a foster parent to them. In 2001 ...

Everyone knows that meth addiction is hard on the addict. As it becomes more difficult to get the same feeling of euphoria and energy from meth, the addict will need to take the drug more and more ...

Editor's note: As Pennington County firms up plans to relocate and expand its local drug and alcohol detoxification center known as "detox," the Rapid City Journal is publishing a two-part series on ...

“We are up to our gills in meth,” the county worker told me. “Four years ago one quarter of our child-protection cases were related to meth. Now, 92% of these cases are related to meth.” “Our system ...

Tom Morton's article (Casper Star-Tribune, "Standard programs help meth addicts," May 16) brought up interesting points but also perpetuated misinformation regarding the consequences of ...

An Aug. 16 article states that in Stark County 45 children were placed in foster homes because of substance abuse, 44 for narcotics-related cases and one for an alcohol-related case. One of every nine ...

A mum revealed how she squandered £375,000 on drugs and alcohol after finally getting clean from a lengthy battle with addiction. Ashley Melendez's struggle with addiction started in childhood, before ...