Nick Padlo’s addiction to alcohol and drugs didn’t happen overnight. “I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety,” says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery in ...

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 ...

Addiction medicine offers a useful framework. Many people use substances without developing addiction. The difference often ...

Millions of people struggle with addiction every day. But some people struggle in silence because these mental defenses keep them from accepting the truth. Living a life with addiction is like living ...

Attendees at the day-long event heard from speakers and panelists about topics focused on opioid use prevention and treatment. The symposium was presented by presented by Prescription for Progress, a ...

A new study has revealed which addictions Americans are seeking help with the most, including porn, alcohol and gambling. Sabino Recovery, an addiction and mental health treatment facility based in ...

At the Ninilchik Community Clinic on Alaska's rural Kenai peninsula this summer, Dr. Sarah Spencer stood next to a patient lying on an exam table, and swiped her belly with alcohol. The patient was ...

Some leaders in the N.W.T. have mixed opinions about whether to expand involuntary treatment for people with addictions.

For a while after Maxwell “Macky” Baker died from a heroin overdose at the age of 23 on Dec. 28, 2016, his father James Baker couldn’t bring himself to enter his son’s bedroom. When he eventually did, ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- Recent studies show medications like Ozempic, originally designed for type 2 diabetes and weight loss, may help people struggling with addiction. Researchers published ...

Generative AI can surprisingly steer people toward an addiction of any kind, either by insidious deceit or via accidental triggering. In today’s column, I examine an important question about the ...