The sweeping 195-page National Drug Control Strategy, published May 4, advocates for making access to treatment easier than ...

165 million – according to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics (NCDAS), that's the number of Americans 12 years or older who currently abuse substances. By "currently," NCDAS means those ...

While there are many different paths to changing our behaviors, there are some obstacles or challenges that appear on every ...

When the Trump administration cut more than $11 billion in COVID-era funds to states in late March, addiction recovery programs suffered swift losses. An Indiana organization that employs people in ...

JD Vance had lofty ambitions to address the nation's drug epidemic. Riding the success of his memoir, "Hillbilly Elegy," Vance announced back in 2017 that he and his family would return to Ohio after ...

There’s the predictable north-south divide, but age lends a surprising perspective. First, though, the view from 30,000 feet: A recent poll conducted for the California Sober Living and Recovery Task ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

Today, the price of jet fuel hovers around $4.50 a gallon, up roughly 65% since February. Vancouver pediatrician accused of hosting naked sleepovers with children found dead A child sexual abuse tip ...

Over the past two decades, there has been a growing emphasis on recovery-oriented approaches to substance use disorders, particularly those that move beyond ...

A Rutgers-led study found that genes related to impulse control and reward processing are major factors in addiction risk. Researchers analyzed genetic data from over 2.2 million people to understand ...