Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new opioids? In his new book, "Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight" ...

Psilocybin — the naturally-occurring drug found in "magic mushrooms" — is showing promise in the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions, say researchers, who have conducted scientific studies ...

Calling on members of the community to collaborate on how to address drug addiction, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh hosted the inaugural Fighting Addiction in the Hub program Friday morning at the Local ...

South Carolina reports a decline in overdose deaths for the first time in 10 years, crediting collaborative prevention and ...

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Local nonprofits working in the health and addiction-recovery fields have the opportunity to apply for grant funding through the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority. VOAA has opened a grant cycle to ...

And that must be the dream: to truly end the cycle, to heal it. In this, we must never lose sight of the fact every person living with severe addiction, and every person struggling on the street, is ...

A key motivation for Klobuchar is her father's alcoholism. Democratic White House hopeful Amy Klobuchar rolled out the second major policy proposal of her 2020 bid on Friday: a plan to invest $100 ...

MOKENA, IL — The mother of a Mokena man who died at 29 years old in 2023 is honoring his memory—and his strength through his battle with addiction—with an effort to support others in early recovery.

When I started writing letters to the editor years ago to help others like me who were fighting drug addiction, I learned that many went for help only when the law made them. It’s been a long time ...