Substance Abuse

A recent legal settlement with tobacco companies potentially could add millions in new funding for Idaho’s youth drug prevention efforts. Lawmakers are just beginning to sketch out specifics.

Several crisis and recovery organizations in south central Idaho hosted a forum last week focused on Idaho’s new behavioral health plan.

Learn how your everyday actions and routines might be affecting the way you dream. It could be that these dreams are the sense of guidance and truth…

Learn how your everyday actions and routines might be affecting the way you dream. It could be that these dreams are the sense of guidance and truth…

Mental health and substance abuse impacts 18,000 youths and 54,000 adults in Idaho. Dr. Ron Larson, Medical Director for Optum Health, joins Idaho Matters…

Southwest District Health is partnering with Lifeways to open a crisis center in Caldwell. Both organizations provide a variety of healthcare-related…

A new state-sponsored substance abuse recovery center is expected to open next month in eastern Idaho.The Post Register reports that the Center for Hope…

Three versions of a synthetic hallucinogenic drug appear bound for Idaho's list of illegal substances after the federal Drug Enforcement Administration…

The federal government is chipping in another $1.5 million annually over the next five years to help Idaho's efforts to fight substance abuse.The state…

The Idaho State Board of Education is asking the state’s colleges and universities to study the issue of substance abuse among their students.Lewis Clark…