The push to regard addiction as a disease is well-intentioned—driven by a desire to lessen stigma—but fails to account for the many facets and facts of the condition. Worse, it robs sufferers ...

From $4.9 billion to $121.1 billion in sports wagers since 2017 and a rapid rise in number seeking help for addiction ...

Anna talks to an addiction medicine specialist about what the latest research reveals about why people start using drugs and how to support them if they do. Dr. Nzinga Harrison, addiction medicine ...

Rufus Wainwright is set to perform at Cure Addiction Now's inaugural fundraising gala on Feb. 24 in Los Angeles.

The Village Family Service Center’s First Step Recovery program is now offering addiction treatment services in a virtual ...

In the United States an epidemic of opioid addiction continues to get worse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a record 33,091 overdose deaths in 2015 from opioids ...

Kennedy Jr. is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Hours after Kennedy was sworn in, President Donald Trump ...

You know, addiction is a chronic brain disorder. It is a disease. And if we treat it as such, then we've got a chance of making some progress in the battle against it. But if we continue to see it ...

Harm reduction experts and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say rescue breaths ... putting us further behind in the battle against addiction."Any legislation prohibiting access to the ...

Addiction is a chronic disease that can’t be stopped within days, and individuals will need long-term treatment. However, not every treatment is successful with everyone. Treatment will need to ...