Last year saw drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpass an unthinkable milestone: 100,000 deaths in a year. This is the highest number of drug overdoses in our country’s history, and the numbers are ...

I was shocked the first time I suspected that my adult son abused drugs. For a long time, I denied this painful reality. But after a series of crises, including criminal charges, I could no longer ...

My previous posts have focused on recognizing and preventing excessive substance use, with an emphasis on providing the latest information about my special interest – cannabis (see 20 Questions to ...

It's time for America to end its black-and-white thinking about addiction and recovery, according to Johns Hopkins professor Hanna Pickard. Traditional approaches in the U.S.—framing addiction as ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Recovery from addiction is a process that doesn’t happen overnight and without access to resources, survivors can find themselves caught in a continuous cycle of ...