A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, ...

Addiction is survival work, effective in the short run, but cyclical and costly over time. There is a way out.

But in the midst of addiction, denial can be a thick cloak that protects us from the downsides of dependence. For anyone with a problem with alcohol or other drugs, I recognize and respect the ...

Public health and addiction experts fear millions could lose access to treatment and prevention services if the administration’s proposed cuts are enacted. By Jan Hoffman President Trump has long ...

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 ...

What’s driving the permanent crisis of drug addiction? To express the ambient feeling that “things are getting worse,” there exists, of course, a meme. It plots iterations of a chart, and on its ...

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in the brain. Early trials show reductions in alcohol intake, opioid seeking, ...