The six-week educational series will focus on resources available for those and their families battling or recovering from ...

Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.

Illegal drugs fundamentally shaped the 2024 Presidential election. The campaign season helped to reignite a focus on the opioid crisis and its devastating impacts on communities across the country.

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

Despite fewer new addiction cases worldwide, a sweeping analysis finds drug-related deaths surging, exposing critical failures in global harm-reduction and recovery systems. Study: The evolving burden ...

A new study suggests that GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic, which are used for diabetes management and weight loss, may help reduce the risk of overdose and alcohol intoxication in people with ...

Despite significant advances in addiction science, a persistent and critical challenge remains: the vast chasm between 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 ...

The Trump administration has delayed and may cancel roughly $140 million in grants to fund fentanyl overdose response efforts, according to four staff members with close knowledge of the process at ...

Since weight-loss drugs that target the hormone GLP-1 have surged in popularity, some additional health benefits have emerged. Beyond helping people shed pounds, they also lower the risk of heart ...

Gary Gosciak doesn’t remember much of what happened one night last year after he took a few puffs of a synthetic marijuana cigarette in the bathroom at the New Jersey detention facility where he’s ...