Patients addicted to opioids are arriving at ERs with deep wounds that expose their bones. Some have lost multiple limbs. And ...
A Hudson Valley man is facing drug charges after a months-long investigation into narcotics sales. Richard Fernandez, age 40, ...
Substance use disorders are notoriously difficult to treat, as it is challenging to intervene in a drugs' effect on the brain ...
Dr Chris van Tulleken has said that number of people who "can’t quit" ultra-processed foods (UPFs) stands at a similar rate ...
Opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment continued to increase in intervention clinics in the third year of implementation ...
Hundreds of people in Milwaukee die each year from drug overdoses, with many involving opioids. At the same time, people seeking treatment for substance ...
In the 1960s and ’70s, psychedelic drugs like LSD and marijuana became symbols of the counterculture. These drugs represented mind expansion and rebellion against post–World War II conformity.
RFK Jr. has been nominated to head Health and Human Services. He's talked about his own heroin addiction, RFK's brother David ...
In recent years, the landscape of substance abuse has shifted significantly, marked by a surge in mortality rates linked to ...
A breakthrough medication treatment that actually targets ... whether it’s an addiction to opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, or alcohol. But now, observations and studies suggest that another ...
Just over 28 million adults in the U.S. have alcohol addiction. Only three medicines, however, are approved to treat it.