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Health care workers are being encouraged to prescribe buprenorphine for patients overcoming opioid addiction

Paul Docherty, of Stratford Grove West, pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary at Newcastle Crown Court

Women lick salt off her thighs at an erotic gathering, she poignantly confesses her struggles with homophobia and is hugely funny throughout. The model is an absolute TV natural

With more than 200 Americans still dying of drug overdoses each day, states are beginning the high-stakes task of deciding how to spend billions of dollars in settlement funds from opioid manufacturers and distributors. Their decisions will have real-world implications for families and communities across the country that have borne…

How do you help a child who is addicted to nicotine from vaping to quit? It’s a question that Australian parents and doctors are now grappling with

For the staff at the Senior Recovery Center in Maplewood, Minnesota, helping older adults overcome substance use disorders is a calling, said Christine Martinek, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor there.

Michael Roberts struggled with a gambling addiction and had debts

Only 6 percent of Medicare beneficiaries 65 and up reporting alcohol or substance use disorder received treatment, according to research.

I first shot methamphetamine when I was 17. As an abused child seeking relief from trauma and stress, I’d turned to alcohol at age 12 and had used numerous drugs to excess before sticking that needle in my arm. In 1979, at age 18, I was arrested for possession of…

The advent of vaping revived nicotine addiction among young people after a dramatic decline. The FDA seems poised to at last yank some products aimed at teens from the market. Will it work?

Visit to James Smith Cree Nation comes after leaders called for resources to set up tribal policing, addiction services.