Since the 1970s, countless experts and the US government have sold the public a simple explanation for drug addiction, now clinically called substance abuse disorder: the myth of the gateway drug.

The global drug use disorder deaths have more than doubled since 1990, even as new addiction cases declined, highlighting a ...

Making drugs illegal simply perpetuates the spiral of shame, stigma and isolation that makes addiction so damaging, says Jan ...

We’ve seen multiple societal changes in our lifetime, from fashion trends to laws, to name just two, and as I wrote in my last post, there have been a number of changes to the thinking in the ...

Douglas Ross’s proposed legislation would embed a right to recovery for those diagnosed with an addiction in law.

MONTHS AND OLDER. OUR STATE CONTINUES TO BATTLE THE ONGOING DRUG CRISIS. KOAT U-N-M MEDICAL EXPERT DOCTOR RASH TELLS US ABOUT A LOCAL RESOURCE THAT HELPS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION. ACCORDING ...

DENVER — A weight-loss drug used to treat obesity and diabetes has shown promise to treat another disorder: opioid addiction. Early results from a small clinical trial, presented February 17 at the ...