addiction

Since the start of the pandemic, opioid-related deaths have been on the rise across the state.In 2020, 780 Nevadans died of opioid overdoses. That’s 55%…

It’s Problem Gambling Awareness Month, and yes, it’s the time of March Madness — the NCAA basketball tournament — when many, many people make sports bets…

Advocates often say Las Vegas’ homelessness problem doesn’t get enough attention. But one aspect of it that does is the people who reside in the city’s…

How a fledgling group lobbying for addiction causes notched a winning legislative session

Legally prescribed painkillers such as oxycodone, or street drugs like heroin, are a major cause of death in Nevada.From January to May of this year, 72…

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The largest locally owned not-for-profit health care network in Northern Nevada announced its plans to expand access to prevention and…

Kim Foster and her family moved to Las Vegas and began renovating a house downtown. One of the day laborers she hired turned out to be a drug addict. But…

It’s no surprise to Nevada residents, that drug addiction is a big problem in this state.Nevada ranks second nationally in prescriptions for hydrocodone…

Here in Las Vegas, the bright lights and big sounds of the casinos are meant to draw people in, enticing them to gamble.For some, gambling morphs from…

Your children may be learning destructive gambling habits, right under your eye, as they play social online games. This is according to Mark Griffiths ,…