Inside the massive dining room at San Patrignano, windowed walls overlook northern Italy's rambling hillsides. Taking in the arresting view is a 20-year-old from Detroit. Sometimes Michael is ...

One of the most powerful illusions in addiction is functionality. People continue working, parenting, socializing, and paying bills, which becomes evidence that nothing is wrong. Crisis is treated as ...

I recently had a family, minus the mother, come to see me. They were greatly concerned, and rightfully so that Mom was “using”. Mom is indeed addicted to opiates and other narcotics that have kept her ...

William Stoehr is a world-renowned artist. His technique involves spilling paint and water onto a canvas. “I like to say that the drip that’s created may be random or an accident, but what I do with ...

A former Class A drug user turned recovery champion has been praised as a 'true hero' for his work helping addicts turn their lives around.

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 ...

Seattle's new drug enforcement approach sparks debate as police and advocates warn of rising crime and open-air drug markets ...

Rampant drug use in and around the Hub by 149th street and 3rd avenue in the south Bronx. Stephen Yang Can New York clean up its public drug-use problem? Mayor Eric Adams aims to try: On Thursday, he ...

Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...

A new study from UC San Diego in La Jolla and the National Institute on Drug Abuse points to what researchers consider a promising biochemical approach to reverse the cycle of cocaine addiction — all ...

People often joke that their favorite snack is "like crack" or call themselves "chocoholics" in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...