Substance use disorder (SUD) is a medical condition that affects the brain and behavior, making it difficult for a person to control their use of substances like alcohol, drugs, or medications even ...

It can be challenging to love someone who has an addiction—painful to observe their loss of control and accruing harm, painful to experience the “disappearance” of the person you care about, and ...

Some tips for helping someone who is on a bad trip include avoiding judgment, establishing which drugs they took, and monitoring their vital signs. There is no exact medical definition for a “bad trip ...

Life has probably become a bit unmanageable.” That’s how Trevor Logsdon, Government Programs Administrator at TROSA, ...

Ohio received billions of dollars in settlements from drug manufacturers and distributors for their role in the opioid ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

With just under 500,000 residents, Staten Island is dealing with an overall smaller population of drug users than other boroughs. On Staten Island, 81 people died of overdoses last year, down from 157 ...

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - A nonprofit is giving an old school building in the Conway area a new purpose for those struggling with addiction. The old Waccamaw Elementary School on Highway 90 at East ...

An NIH-funded study found deep learning tools could forecast next-day relapse risk with high accuracy, giving clinicians time ...

Ann Breeding remembers the moment she was told her 29-year-old son, Daniel Bailey, had died of a drug overdose.Breeding ...