Nebraska researchers are focusing on the special challenges of preventing and treating drug abuse and addiction in rural ...

Nick Padlo’s addiction to alcohol and drugs didn’t happen overnight. “I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety,” says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery in ...

For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

I was arrested, relapsed, and hit rock bottom. After getting sober, I rebuilt my life and opened a thriving candle studio in ...

Smoking instead of injecting drugs can reduce harm, but a new study shows opioid smokers are four times as likely to suffer ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring ...

A man who had a £3k-a-month cocaine addiction and would binge eat up to 10 times a day – kicked his drug habit and lost 6.5 ...

It is no secret that misinformation about addiction is rampant in popular media. One particular area of misinformation concerns how the use of language is employed when describing topics related to ...

The interactive nature of video games makes them uniquely suited to help people understand and recover from addiction.

A large epidemiological study of more than 600,000 veterans with diabetes suggests GLP-1 weight-loss medications may reduce drug- and alcohol-related overdoses and deaths ...

Washington — President Trump will sign an executive order Thursday afternoon to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse. According to a White House fact sheet, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to a White House fact sheet, the order will create a "White House Great American Recovery Initiative," which will advise ...