Based on the most recent statistics from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 48.4 million Americans (16.8%) aged 12 and older were diagnosed with a substance use disorder (SUD) in the ...

Most people think addiction means a person has severe withdrawal when not taking alcohol or drugs. But withdrawal symptoms ...

In the wake of Rob and Michele Reiner's deaths, online conversations about their son and substance use have been horrendous.

Nick Padlo's addiction to alcohol and drugs didn't happen overnight. "I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety," says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery ...

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his producer wife, Michele, set off waves of tributes and memorials, but for some families, it stopped them cold.

What Is It Like To Be an Addict? Understanding Substance Abuse, by Owen Flanagan, Oxford University Press, 320 pages, $24.99 Addiction is a problem that defenders of liberty need to face, for if ...

Illegal drugs fundamentally shaped the 2024 Presidential election. The campaign season helped to reignite a focus on the opioid crisis and its devastating impacts on communities across the country.