Betty Ford used her personal experience to normalize seeking professional help for addiction. Chemical dependency was not well understood in the 1970's and 80's. Betty Ford used her personal ...

Ford left the meeting calling Jamie “really talented in a lot of fields,” and urging “everyone to contribute as much as they possibly can to this great cause to help children who have birth ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Whether purchased from dealer or dispensary, weed has become more potent over the years. In 2022, the federal government reported THC levels more than tripled since 1995 ...

Groundbreaking, Dan Anderson, Pat Butler, 1964, Center City, Used in Together Magazine Spring 2019. (Courtesy of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.) “But even more than that, it’s about the ...

Betty Jane Retherford: 85, formerly of John Day, died Aug. 27, 2024, at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City. A memorial service will be Friday, Sept. 6, at 1 p.m. at the Assembly ...

Ford battled addiction herself and founded the Betty Ford Center, which merged with Hazelden in 2014. "If anyone had ever told me in 1989 that I would still be around in 2024, I would have said ...

Ford led the treatment and recovery movement into an important new phase, and when Hazelden and the Betty Ford Center merged in 2014—more than three decades after her initial visit to the Center ...

In 2014, it merged with Hazelden to become the Hazelden-Betty Ford Foundation. It now has locations in Minnesota, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin.

“Obviously, it’s nothing compared to what the family goes through, but it can be tough.” A sharing room at Hazelden Betty Ford center in Newberg, Oregon. April, 2024 (KOIN).

Betty Ford wasn’t exactly a fashion icon like Jackie Kennedy or a dignitary quite like Eleanor Roosevelt, but her style and personality connected with the American public. And there are lines ...