The vast majority of people who have a substance use disorder (SUD) never seek treatment. At most, 10% of adults with a drug or alcohol use disorder have entered any type of inpatient or outpatient ...

Though more research is needed to understand who might benefit from GLP-1 agonists for addiction, early studies suggest that the approach holds promise.

WHILE EACH person’s path to addiction is deeply personal and unique, I’ve seen far too many journeys begin with routine pain management. As executive director of HOPE Recovery Center, I ...

Researchers have debunked key beliefs about addiction, like that a person must hit "rock bottom" before having treatment or ...

She was elected in 2018 and led the city through its struggling pandemic recovery. Lurie ... or made significantly worse by street-level drug addiction," Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who voted in ...

including heroin. Besides, alcohol is the direct cause of various forms of cancer. Even light to moderate alcohol drinkers are at risk. A study, published in the journal Addiction, provided ...

TRAVERSE CITY--A Northern Michigan non-profit is now the recipient of $100,000 to support drug addiction recovery. In a ‘5 to 2 vote’ -- Traverse City commissioners approved the money for ...

Drug addiction is a condition in which there is uncontrolled use of a substance with a harmful outcome. Drugs overstimulate the brain’s reward circuit, producing pleasure or euphoria. With repeated ...

Exclusive: Gary Coleman revealed getting locked up was the catalyst to his recovery and turning his life around ...

Substance use disorder, formerly known as “drug abuse,” develops when substance ... which signals an addiction to that substance. Anyone can develop substance use disorder.

Timmins was not among the 18 Ontario communities named to get funding from the province for Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) hubs on Monday. The hubs will offer drug treatment ...

London is getting millions from Queen’s Park to establish 60 new homelessness and addiction recovery beds for marginalized ... approach to street-level drug addiction. The 60 beds will be ...