Early recovery from drug addiction to opioids and stimulants is physically and mentally demanding, and a long road to ...

Substance use and substance use disorder (formerly substance abuse) differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person ...

St. Martin Parish officials have launched the STAR Program, a community initiative aimed at reducing crime and substance ...

Medical and behavioral health providers have teamed up with a needle exchange in Everett to create a clinic that makes ...

Drug dependence occurs when you need one or more drugs to function. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) used to distinguish between dependence and abuse. Abuse was considered the mild or ...

Many things play into drug addiction, also known as substance use disorder. Why will some people become addicted to substances, while others won’t? There’s no single answer. Your likelihood ...

Seattle City Council President Sarah Nelson introduced a resolution asking the city to allocate a portion of the new sales ...

With a surge of methamphetamine addiction, panic houses run by crime gangs are proliferating, as a recovering addict warns of ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an urgent warning about tianeptine—a substance marketed as a dietary ...

Substance dependence is the only mental health condition whose main feature, the possession of drugs, is considered a crime.The stated goal of the "War on Drugs" has been to stop the devastating ...