A controversial program rewards drug users for accepting temporary or permanent birth control, reports The Daily Sentinel, in Colorado. To qualify for the Project Prevention program, women must prove ...

People in need of drug rehab have a few options. For those with money or insurance, there are residential programs that cost thousands of dollars. Otherwise, there are programs that promise treatment ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is promoting abstinence and 12-step addiction treatment programs that he says helped him recover from heroin use.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police program aimed at keeping people addicted to drugs out of jail is being expanded because it's working so well. Donald Davis is a heroin addict, but with the help of ...

Substance use and abuse is something that touches every corner of the United States, in areas both big and small. According to national survey data, 47.7 million Americans aged 12 and older were ...

New Mexico tops the list for the state with the worst drug problems, according to new analysis.

Thanks to Steven A. Schroeder for his opinion piece regarding alcoholism and drug addiction (“Grant Makers Must Attack Substance Abuse,” July 26.). This disease has been considered a moral issue for ...

Updates to the addiction treatment planning process for adults in the Tampa Bay area seeking mental health and drug use treatments have been revealed by Tampa Bay Recovery Center. The organization ...