The city plans to create an Assessment and Intervention Center as part of its Community Justice Campus, expected to open in 2021.

Nearly 16 percent of Indiana high school students report having taken a pill that wasn't prescribed to them.

The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation will award $12 million for evidence-based prevention work in central Indiana schools.

A lack of qualified professionals tops the list of barriers to treatment in Indiana communities.

The new program is a partnership between the Indiana National Guard, Fairbanks Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Community Health Network.

The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced Monday it was awarding funding to expand and enhance behavioral health care services for children, adolescents and young adults across the nation.

Indiana law, unlike many states, allows the courts to involuntarily commit people to a treatment facility for substance abuse, not just psychiatric disorders. But that power is rarely used because of a lack of resources.