Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was living the dream. Shortly after her 20th birthday ...

A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, increase access to addiction treatment medications and support of harm reduction programs .

Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others. Downplaying the effects paradoxically increases stigma.

A study using Swedish patient data found anti-obesity drugs were linked with fewer hospitalizations related to alcohol use, adding to a body of work suggesting these drugs could potentially be used to manage addiction. When you purchase through links on ...

The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Jul. 15—Know this: An analysis, modeled after a national study conducted by the Council for Economic Advisers, found that in 2016 alone the opioid crisis cost West Virginia over $8.72 billion in fatalities, health care ...

U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that worsened for decades.

Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that medication makes recovery more likely and reduces the risk of overdose death.

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call addiction. We now know that addiction is largely a brain ...