Massachusetts has used involuntary commitment for decades. While some people say it helped them, state data call into ...

Kratom is for sale at gas stations and vape shops across Massachusetts. A Marlboro city councilor wants it banned.

Tension in a packed Boston City Council hearing on how Mass and Cass spillover is taxing surrounding neighborhoods boiled ...

Two Massachusetts women arrested for drug trafficking in Boston's Mass and Cass area, facing charges including fentanyl ...

We’ve got a drug problem in the Bay State, and the time for NIMBY is over. The relentless crisis at Mass and Cass ebbs and flows as the city initiates sweeps and programs and outreach efforts, only to ...

Kraft struggled to find a message that resonated with voters, while Wu was bolstered by her pushback to the Trump administration.

Massachusetts still has an overdose problem, but its emphasis on recovery brings about safer streets and fewer deaths than in ...

The problem has vexed Boston leaders, public health officials and police for years: How best to address the interwoven issues of homelessness and public drug use that collide near the intersection of ...

A four-year-old boy suffered a terrifying HIV scare after he was pricked in the foot by a dirty hypodermic needle that had been discarded by the 'zombie' drug addicts who have taken over the streets ...

Philanthropist Josh Kraft suspended his run for mayor of Boston on Thursday, after incumbent Mayor Michelle Wu ’07 dominated ...