Addiction casts a wide net across society, entangling people of all ages and walks of life in its intricate web. Beyond the stereotypes and assumptions that often surround substance abuse lies a ...

Heroin addiction can severely impact a person’s life and the lives of their friends and family. A person experiencing heroin addiction may not wish to discuss the fact that they take heroin with ...

United States, 8th Aug 2024 - In today's world, prescription drug addiction has become a growing concern that affects millions of people across the globe. Early recognition of signs could be very ...

Megan Harrigan hurried around the Union Street Brick Church in Bangor in September, gathering clients and bringing them to the back corner of the church where there was a makeshift clinic of folding t ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

A life-threatening condition called sepsis kills hundreds of people in American jails and prisons each year, a USA TODAY investigation has found, but inmates with a history of drug use are at ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...

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 ...