The global drug use disorder deaths have more than doubled since 1990, even as new addiction cases declined, highlighting a ...

Addicts, be they hooked on narcotics or alcohol, could be helped by a wearable patch that appears to not only reduce cravings ...

Hundreds of studies have found that certain foods affect some people similarly to addictive substances like nicotine.

A group of social service agency employees and volunteers walked Ridgewood Avenue one recent morning to help those in need on ...

People with addictions often choose a drug that helps them feel normal, so an anxious person might choose alcohol or Xanax, ...

The practice of "bluetoothing," when users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, is contributing to global HIV ...

Billed as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act” on the November 2024 ballot, Proposition 36 won easily with the support of more than two-thirds of California voters. The ...

Rapides Regional Medical Center is partnering with the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office and KALB to host its third “Crush the ...

In Ivory Coast's biggest city Abidjan, vulnerable drug addicts say a secluded care and support centre in an upscale part of ...

A public health researcher in St. John’s says Newfoundland and Labrador has been “very, very slow” in supporting those who ...