The subject of addiction swirls with myths and misinformation. It doesn’t help that so many people seem to believe that their own struggle with addiction — or a few drop-ins to Alcoholics Anonymous ...

Idol appeared on Club Ransom with Bill Maher and revealed he began smoking crack as a way to stop using heroin, “Once you’re trying to get off heroin, what do you go to? You go to something else. I ...

As the Obama administration and the media increasingly promote the idea that prescription drug misuse is this generation’s crack epidemic, I want to take a few minutes to note how irresponsible and ...

*Annapolis, MD – During her 19-year crack addiction, Tonier Cain racked up 83 arrests and 66 convictions. She turned to prostitution to pay for drugs, lost custody of four children, and, when she wasn ...

As the crack problem spirals out of control, the Scottish Executive has recommended drugs lessons which say that crack cocaine is not necessarily addictive to first-time or occasional users. The ...

I'm the same as most recovering addicts - the most fun I ever had nearly killed me. And while I was in the grip of my addiction, I would have told you I'd never give it up. I wasn't an alcoholic, a ...