For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Drug addiction continues to plague Memphis and the Mid-South. For years, the monster of drug addiction consumed Ben Owen. “I finally hit rock bottom in 2019. My wife and I were ...

We know that addicts lose control over their lives and that they would as soon give up breathing as stop using their preferred substance/s. Yet, the critical question of why one member of an ...

(Issouf SANOGO/AFP/AFP) In Ivory Coast's biggest city Abidjan, vulnerable drug addicts say that discovering a secluded care and support centre in an upscale part of the city has helped them to turn ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police program aimed at keeping people addicted to drugs out of jail is being expanded because it's working so well. Donald Davis is a heroin addict, but with the help of ...

Nearly 50 million over the age of 12 reportedly have substance use disorders, which can include addictions to alcohol or drugs. Other issues that affect millions - such as gambling, shopping, gaming, ...

(RNS) — Dropping bombs and killing drug dealers may look good on television, but the real war on drugs occurs in treatment programs, which are terribly underfunded. (RNS) — President Donald Trump ...

Angela Cruz Williams’ heart must have skipped a beat at her Fourth of July cookout, as she said a 7-year-old came “within probably two inches of stepping on a dirty needle in his own backyard” in ...

Suffolk sees a 251% increase in the number of ketamine users since 2022.

What Is It Like To Be an Addict? Understanding Substance Abuse, by Owen Flanagan, Oxford University Press, 320 pages, $24.99 Addiction is a problem that defenders of liberty need to face, for if ...

SAGINAW, MI – When the airplanes struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, the shockwaves resonated beyond New York City. For Phyllis A. Thorne, the tragedy ignited a fire within her soul, an ...

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