Does compulsory drug treatment even work? That was the challenge on critics’ minds last week after New York City mayor Eric Adams announced a new proposal to compel the city’s addicts into treatment.

Readers respond to Nicholas Kristof’s column about his friend’s struggle with addiction. To the Editor: Re “The Prison Sentence That Saved My Friend’s Life,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, Feb. 9): My ...

Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one company offered little help. Amanda Vlakos was found dead of an overdose in September while ...