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

Take a good look around any major urban area– and now, many rural spaces too– and you’ll see signs of drug abuse and addiction. The Baltimore City Department of Health reports that “In 2023, Baltimore ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...

Mark Twain with a hard truth on addiction recovery. “Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something ...

Chronic alcohol use accelerates Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression by intensifying oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and ...

The drug semaglutide—licensed for diabetes under Ozempic and weight loss under Wegovy—could help to reduce cocaine addiction. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and the University ...

Mayor Adams called on Albany lawmakers Thursday to grant New York City powers to forcibly hospitalize people struggling with drug addiction — a proposal that was quickly met with intense pushback from ...

The Trump administration has delayed and may cancel roughly $140 million in grants to fund fentanyl overdose response efforts, according to four staff members with close knowledge of the process at ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. In this week's PEOPLE cover story, Priscilla recounts staying by her son's side through his withdrawals from fentanyl and heroin In this ...