Heroin: A Commonwealth Crisis

The Smeltzer family lives in a tree-lined subdivision in Boalsburg, just outside of State College. Their living room has a huge picture window with a view…

Twenty-seven year old Emily first experimented with drugs at a party when she was nineteen. Soon, heroin became her drug of choice. At the peak of her…

Drug Courts are one of the country's fastest growing criminal justice initiatives. Experts say they give drug addicts a chance to straighten out reduce…