Feel Free kratom drink gaining popularity, despite addiction concerns

Feel Free, a kratom drink, is easy to buy and increasingly popular, even as doctors and medical experts grow more concerned about its health impacts, addiction rates and deaths.

• Jun 1

DuPage County opens 24-hour crisis recovery center

The DuPage County Crisis Recovery Center is a first-of-its-kind facility offering help for people experiencing mental health or substance abuse crises in the suburbs.

• Aug 15, 2025

Rush Hospital program seeking to train barbers in using Narcan for opioid overdoses

Keisha House said people trust their hairdressers and barbers, and great communication takes place while in those chairs.

• Jul 9, 2024

Hunter Biden convicted in federal gun trial

With the guilty verdict in the federal gun trial, Hunter Biden became the first child of a president to be convicted.

• Jun 11, 2024

For National Recovery Month, first responders help to fight stigmas attached to substance abuse

"Because, I think, a lot of us, we are the problem-solvers. When you don't know how to fix your own problems, you tend to feel very lost."

• Sep 22, 2023

CDC informational seminar on fentanyl addiction at Beverly Arts Center

"Hopefully we can save one life."

• May 23, 2023

Sen. Dick Durbin announces $775,000 for addiction treatment in Chicago

According to the Justice Department, people on probation with a history of drug abuse were far more likely to end up back in prison.

• May 5, 2023

Drug Take Back Day - Here's where you can participate

Saturday is Drug Take Back Day across the United States.

• Apr 22, 2023