We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often ...

Walking through San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, Tatiana Alabsi and her 11-year-old son, Sami, often must navigate tents, people in drug-induced stupors, and groups congregating over stolen ...

AND OMAHA MAN IS ON HIS OWN PATH OF RECOVERY FROM FENTANYL ADDICTION. HE’S PARTNERING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP OTHERS GOING THROUGH THE SAME JOURNEY, WORKING TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS AND ...

Editor's Note: The graphic at the end of this segment used imprecise terminology. The Legal Action Center survey referred to “substance use disorder.” This week, we are reporting on some promising ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Drug and alcohol-related deaths in the last 20 years have killed more American citizens than died in the first two world wars, Vietnam, Korea and War in Afghanistan combined. It ...

Roughly three in 10 adults have been addicted to opioids or have a family member who has been, and less than half of those with a substance use disorder have received treatment, according to a new ...

You're reading Part 4 of The War on Recovery, a yearlong investigation into how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications to people with opioid addiction. Catch up on ...

In 2017, clinical social worker Joe Schrank founded an addiction rehab centre with a novel selling point: it encouraged the use of marijuana as a way to quit other drugs and allowed smoking weed and ...