The opioid epidemic has highlighted the importance of peer recovery coaches, but their jobs are now at risk due to proposed ...

For many individuals in recovery from alcohol and substance addiction, and their families, one of the most pressing questions is: How long is drug rehab? The truth is, there is no definitive answer.

It was the ultimate hell for single dad Scott Meyers. His teen daughter, Rachel, had progressed from smoking pot to doing every drug imaginable, ultimately spiraling into an inescapable web of heroin ...

A medication offered to heroin abusers at the Albany County jail was shown to help prevent addicts from returning to illegal drug use, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England ...

A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to more serious opioids like heroin and fentanyl, being dispensed at the Alameda Health System Bridge Clinic in Oakland, Calif ...

Family and friends celebrated the life of 18-year-old Tyler Herron Friday night. The young man died one year ago as a result of the demons of heroin.

The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign ...

Provider Training in Care, which helps people like Mr Burns into the sector, said giving them second chances could help ...

The future of addiction treatment could be in treating the brain itself. A new trial at West Virginia University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is exploring whether using ultrasound waves ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction and recovery at a conference on drug addiction in Tennessee.

He suggested that cellphones are a pernicious influence on young people and that banning them in schools could help decrease drug addiction.