Prescription drug addiction is an escalating crisis that disproportionately affects women, leading to severe health consequences and devastating impacts on their lives. This issue — often overshadowed ...

Drug addiction is a serious issue affecting millions of people worldwide, and women are not immune to this epidemic. Despite the widespread recognition of the problem, many women go to great lengths ...

“Thinking.” “Feeling.” “Actions.” The words are written on a white board in a classroom at J. Reuben Long Detention Center Wednesday morning. A small group of women are gathered there, laughing, and ...

Two recent reports inspired me to write about the topic of women getting treatment for substance use disorder (SUD). The first was a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on ...

Although women are still widely underrepresented in studies on addiction, we are gradually moving towards a culture that not only acknowledges their legitimate struggles with alcoholism, sex and love ...

Maynard is part of an increasing cohort of women who have been drinking (or abusing) alcohol more than women did only a few decades ago, and in patterns increasingly similar to men's. Health officials ...

Christina Cook hosts the podcast "The Broke Girl Society." For PS's Radical Honesty issue, she discusses overcoming gambling addiction. Read more radically honest stories here. I started gambling when ...

It happens in communities all across the world. It’s happening in our own backyards, even amidst a continuing overdose epidemic. Women still lack access to basic addiction and recovery support ...

WOMEN ARE ONE of the fastest growing groups seeking treatment for cocaine addiction, according to a report from the addiction treatment clinic, the Rutland Centre. The centre said the increase in ...

My mother is a slot-machine whisperer. When I was in college, I’d tag along with her to the casino boat. Too cheap to wager much of my own money, I’d fritter away $10 or $20 on the slots before ...

April 4 (UPI) --Grammy-winning singer Melissa Etheridge will shine a spotlight on female prisoners and addiction issues in a new docuseries. Paramount+ announced the two-part docuseries Melissa ...