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Drew Pinsky, popularly known as Dr. Drew, is an addiction medicine specialist and host of the TV series “Ask Dr. Drew.”

A father and his family endured tragedy, drug use, homelessness, foster care, and California’s deadliest wildfire.

Although Eddie Murphy said he was exposed to cocaine during a night out with comedians Robin Williams and John Belushi, he didn’t use.

Cannabis legalization efforts are a boon to big business, but many Americans are paying with their health.

Sacramento, which has the third most chronically homeless nationwide, has been sued recently by its district attorney and residents over how it handles homelessness.

Leighton Woodhouse has been documenting the “street addiction crisis” engulfing the Bay Area and the political culture and policies fueling it.

The California Highway Patrol also seized more than 40 pounds of fentanyl—enough to make 9 million lethal doses—in a 10-block radius of the Tenderloin district.

‘We need to see a sense of urgency. We cannot wait until 2026,’ Mr. Newsom said. ‘People will literally lose their lives.’

Nearly 50 of the Golden State’s 58 counties are planning to delay implementation of the new state law taking effect Jan. 1—some for up to two years.