In 2024, there were over 80,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. We hear from those working to promote harm reduction in our ...

PROGRAM THAT IS MAKING AN IMPACT. THIS IS WHAT RECOVERY LOOKS LIKE FOR TRAVIS MCCORD. HE’S WORKING ON THE FARM AT EVERGREEN GROVE IN GARDNER. IT’S MY BUDDY RIGHT HERE. CARING FOR ANIMALS AND HIMSELF.

Many studies over the past 25 years have shown that high-sugar and other highly pleasurable foods – often foods that are ultraprocessed – act on these brain networks in ways that are similar to other ...

SEATTLE — A medication originally designed to treat diabetes is showing unexpected promise in fighting addiction. Medications like Ozempic, already popular for weight loss, may help reduce cravings ...

Björn Borg battled addictions after he retired from tennis. Anyone who knows anything about tennis knows the name Björn Borg. The legendary tennis star who dominated the sport in the 70s and 80s opens ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. In his tell-All memoir 'Heartbeats,' the Swedish sports star opens up about his long struggle with drug addiction after retiring from ...

Drug abuse among Nigerian youths has reached epidemic levels, with one in every seven Nigerians between ages 15 and 64 identified as a drug user, nearly three times the global average. Experts say the ...

Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...

The Kogi State Government has reconstituted a 26-member Drug Control Committee in line with the National Drug Control Master Plan (NDCMP) 2015–2019 to tackle drug abuse and its attendant problems.

Since 2021, New Yorkers have been rightly puzzled by OnPoint NYC, the “safe injection” sites where hard-drug addicts shoot up under medical supervision. After all, drugs like fentanyl and heroin are ...

Ion channels have been created that are selectively activated by cocaine and that act to either stimulate or inhibit the electrical activity of neuronal cells in the brain. These cocaine-activated ion ...

Every day, drug and alcohol addiction shatters families, destabilizes neighborhoods, derails careers, and steals the lives of countless Americans. This National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery ...