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

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON – In recent years, Harris County has seen a dramatic increase in drug-related deaths, hospitalizations, and healthcare visits, with teenagers being particularly affected. According to new data ...

Mental illness and drug addiction are nothing new to New Mexico, which ranks 10th-worst nationally for mental health in 2024 and sixth for fatal overdoses. During Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s six ...

Groups that help residents battling drug addiction will be able to expand their treatment services after the Livingston Parish Council approved plans to dole out more money from Louisiana’s opioid ...

WhiteSands Alcohol & Drug Rehab has released a new online resource, “Access Support for Families of Drug Addicts“, available on their website. The article explores the challenges families face when a ...

Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, spent much of his life battling drug addiction, an affliction that millions of Americans face. By Sonia A. Rao Sonia A.