For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who ...

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Founders' Day recently celebrated the 90th anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous. It incorporates an often untapped aspect of recovery: spirituality.

A coalition of advocacy groups including a leading addiction medicine society and a center-right think tank is pressing the Trump administration with an unlikely request: Use the U.S. DOGE Service ...

But a training program in addiction medicine offered by OHSU is providing help by sharing resources, best practices and collaborative problem solving on complex cases. While most of the people who ...

Luke Archibald, a professor at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine and the director of addiction services at Dartmouth Health, told me that for folks who need addiction treatment, ...

Regular use of methadone or buprenorphine prevents people from getting high if they also take heroin or pain killers, says Kelly Clark, president-elect of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

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Addiction An Addiction Medicine Pioneer An appreciation of "Dr. Dave," the father of community-based addiction medicine. Updated July 20, 2024 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley ...