Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a global organization dedicated to helping people addicted to substances pursue and maintain a drug-free lifestyle via a 12-step program.

Groups that actively oppose the Narcotics Anonymous philosophy, or help people in recovery transition away from 12-step groups, exist in large numbers on Facebook, many with thousands of members.

What happens at a meeting of Narcotics Anonymous? Here’s what to expect from a meeting and how this program can fit into your substance abuse recovery plan.

A Rancho Cucamonga woman has been charged with child endangerment after a 10-year-old boy died from narcotics poisoning. Officers responded in December to the 9000 block of Arrow Route after a ...

There’s a New 12-Step Group: Medication-Assisted Recovery Anonymous Unlike many NA or AA chapters, this group accepts that many people benefit from medications like methadone and buprenorphine.

A 64-year-old man who served as the Narcotics Anonymous sponsor to a 17-year-old girl in Durango was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting the girl. It was the maximum ...

Thailand took another step in its plan to reclassify cannabis and hemp as narcotics again after a committee tasked with controlling illegal drugs agreed they shouldn’t be for recreational use ...

A man went into a Narcotics Anonymous meeting in Florida and fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and her friend before turning the gun on himself, police said Tuesday. Quinton Hunter brandished the gun … ...