While there are many different paths to changing our behaviors, there are some obstacles or challenges that appear on every ...

Doreen Horstin, manager of San Fran­cisco Public Library’s Park branch, adds a book to the Read to Recovery shelves, which provide free addiction recovery materials to patrons. Photo: Jaime Wong/San ...

The U.S. health secretary says he wants to shift addiction care toward an approach that includes rural farms or camps for people in recovery. Many addiction experts say the idea is outdated.

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. BETHESDA, Md. — Nora Volkow, the federal government’s top drug addiction researcher, laughed when asked how a spate of recent policy changes ...

Fomeche is an addiction medicine fellow at Yale University. In medicine, we like to believe that progress is linear. That once a patient stabilizes, regains lost skills, and returns to work, the ...

Alcohol addiction is a complex but treatable condition, and there are more treatment options available now than ever before. According to the national survey on drug use and health, in 2023, about ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a farm community in Italy for people with addiction is ...

Andre Podpolucha, a former drug addict who went through Step Denver, is now the director of operations for both Step Denver and Step Springs. He credits the program with helping him claim victory over ...

The dispute underscores the potential for conflicts as non-profit groups seek to expand services to people in addiction recovery, the homeless and others.

(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday launching a new initiative to address drug addiction and substance abuse in the country. The “White House Great American ...

The hub brings together a network of providers to deliver mental Health services, addictions services, primary care, ...