Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

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U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that worsened for ...

Trump Signs Executive Order to Fight Drug Addiction ...

DEA and Discovery Education rolled out a drug-education program Tuesday that aims to take a different approach to teaching teens about drugs. Rather than "Just say no" messaging and school assemblies, ...

For those who’ve experienced the legendary tow of opiates, a deepening cycle of despair and deliverance is commonplace. For the rest of us it is hard to imagine what motivates such futile and ...

A doctor, a mother, a pregnant teen, an adolescent boy who broke his ankle. All have had lives irrevocably influenced by drugs and their aftermath, and all are portrayed in Shoshana Walter’s ...

Quitting smartphone addiction is good for mental and physical health. But how do you do it? Here are some of the best science-based methods. We spend 4 hours and 37 minutes on our phones each day, ...

President Donald Trump’s newly issued statement on drug policy priorities shows his administration has embraced the Make America Healthy Again movement as it tackles American’s top public health ...

Sadie has spent years hiding her problem from her family. In her day job, she works as a purchasing agent for a scientific firm, which requires placing large orders for everything from chemical ...