Living with active addiction can keep a person busy, almost like a job. That's why occupational therapy researchers think giving people in recovery something equally consuming to do -- such as acting in a play -- may be part of the cure.

A new treatment delivers long-term relief from the pangs of withdrawal and the temptation to relapse. But will doctors be able to adapt their practices to actually use the innovation?

Hope Academy in Indianapolis is one of 34 recovery high schools in the U.S. There are at least eight more being planned throughout the country.

The legislation opens up $181 million for states to fund treatment and education programs and expand access to the overdose-reversal drug naloxone, but it still has to be approved separately when Congress convenes later this fall.

The task force discussed a rise in children's mental health cases and pharmacy robberies.

Indiana would receive the 16th highest amount of federal funding under the president's proposal.

The number of children removed from their homes jumped 61 percent from 2012 to 2016, according to the Indiana Department of Child Services.

A University of Indianapolis researcher is using the power of the stage to help people recovering from addiction.

The Allen County Board of Commissioners approved a needle exchange program to curb the spread of hepatitis C and HIV with a 2-1 vote.

The IUPUI study looked at crime rates in the three years after California passed criminal code reforms similar to those in Indiana.