substance abuse

Meth addiction has the attention of South Dakota leaders because it's harmful to users plus the high costs to either rehabilitate or incarcerate addicts.

Here is an amazing story of hope, faith and recovery!

A former cocaine addict and recovering alcoholic offers a message of hope at Sioux Falls churches!

Jerry Dahmen talks to South Dakota preacher Kevin Suiter, who recalls his past alcohol and drug addictions.

Ken Story of Sioux Falls was at one time hooked on drugs and alcohol. But as Jerry Dahmen explains, Ken overcame the drug addiction by the power of Faith!

A Sioux Falls woman says her faith in God and members of her church took away the craving for Meth.

Sabrina lost her innocence as a child! She turned to alcohol and drugs to escape the pain. Now, she is celebrating her recovery.

Elizabeth Venrick of Face It Together says the March into the Light Walk in Sioux Falls will take place on Saturday.

(NPN) -- South Dakota has the second lowest drug overdose mortality rate in the United States, with 6.3 per 100,000 people suffering drug overdose fatalities, according to a new report, Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic.

Glenn Jorgenson, who is featured in the book "It's Great To Be Alive," is a recovering alcoholic. "It's hard for people to understand," Glenn tells me.  "It is a very difficult thing to go through.  The withdrawal from alcohol and prescription drugs is especially tough to go deal with...