Struggling to say “no” to a drink? There are ways to turn down a drink, even when the rest of the world is still drinking.

A law that’s meant to be a last resort is often turned to amid the opioid overdose crisis. Massachusetts has one of the largest systems of involuntarily committing people for substance use-disorder ...

When police picked up Jose Pellot this spring, he was confused. The Southbridge man hadn’t committed a crime, and he wasn’t accused of one. But his doctor had recently filed a petition for his ...