A filmmaker captures her attempt to come off the synthetic opiates that kept her off heroin for the past six years. A filmmaker captures her attempt to come off the synthetic opiates that kept her off ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Last summer, I learned that I needed major oral surgery, including having some teeth removed, bone grafts and ...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Season, a nationwide network of accredited opiate addiction recovery centers, has opened two new clinics and plans to open one more in early April to assist those ...

Medications have become our go-to treatments for opioid addiction. Though life-saving, their downsides are underappreciated ...

A grant to the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of just under $200,000 is among $2.7 awarded statewide to assist this in need of transportation assistance to recover from opiate addiction. As part of an effort ...

Work to tackle the stigma of addiction continues, as report estimates hundreds of addicts are not in treatment ...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A research team from the University of Central Florida and Hesperos, a pioneer in human-on-a-chip technology, has developed the first human model to study the effects ...

Overland Recovery Mental Health Treatment Center provides comprehensive partial hospitalization programs (PHP) & intensive outpatient programs (IOP) in Los Angeles, California. Our programs are ...

When addressing the devastating effects of opioid addiction, State Rep. Aaron Kaufer remembers having a “light bulb moment” that shaped his thinking. “A young man came into my office, high and looking ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Michael Seminetta, a recovering ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and ...