New Mexico tops the list for the state with the worst drug problems, according to new analysis.

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. BOSTON — The president of a leading addiction medicine group issued stark warnings on hardline Trump administration policies on substance use, ...

Studies show that ibogaine can be effective for short-term opioid addiction treatment, especially reducing drug cravings and some withdrawal symptoms.

Remember those stuffy doctors who, a couple hundred years ago, tried to cure disease with leeches and dismissed women as weak and hysterical? A man shoots heroin between stints in Orange County and ...

Ms. Interlandi is a member of the editorial board. Mr. Winter is a staff photographer on assignment in Opinion. Raina Mcmahan, a 42-year-old recovery coach, spent roughly half her life seeking ...

The first time I saw Maya (not her real name) huddled under blankets in a hospital bed in 2013, she had been to dozens of inpatient detox programs and residential treatment centers since she had begun ...

Patients seeking access to buprenorphine for opioid use disorder often encounter stigma and barriers at the pharmacy level. In this cross-sectional study, the top reason for a prescription fill ...

Every day, people embark on the road to recovery from addiction. Some choose—or are remanded by law enforcement—to do it with the help of some type of clinical service, some prefer the support of ...

I was recently interviewed in a CNN piece covering the continued controversy over sex addiction, and I noticed something: everyone interviewed in the article is white. Not just white, but educated, ...

ALBANY — January will mark three years since mobile sports betting was legalized in New York. And while the market has already generated billions of dollars in wagers, it continues to pique concerns ...

Substance use and addiction is an “epidemic of seismic proportions” in the Traveller community, with significantly higher ...

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