Addiction is a widespread health issue that will affect about one in five Canadians over their lifetimes. For example, addiction to opioids has led to opioid and overdose crises in many cities, which ...

Given the addiction epidemic and its associated healthcare burden, it is time to prioritize nutrition as a treatment modality. While there may be some resistance from the patients (as well as the ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The disease of addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a crisis that touches families in every community and neighborhood in our Nation. 48.4 million ...

This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s Multimedia Storytelling Institute for high school students in partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, which financially ...

People addicted to drugs or alcohol are stigmatized in our society, which can impede their recovery. We cannot readily understand how they are thinking and why they are making the unhealthy choices ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — September marks National Recovery Month, and several groups are teaming up to show people that recovery from addiction is possible. They hope that by hosting a family-friendly ...

Stephanie Bogue Kerr receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Nicolas Moreau does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

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 ...

Adults who smoke cigarettes and are addicted to alcohol or other drugs were more likely to achieve sustained remission of their substance use disorder symptoms if they also quit smoking, according to ...

Virginia‘s second recovery high school has four students enrolled so far at River Ridge Learning Center in Waynesboro. Students in 9th to 12th grades from Augusta County and the cities of Waynesboro ...