Today’s questioner asks, “What is addiction? Is it always a problem, or only when it’s harmful things like drugs or alcohol?” ...

Drug use disorder (DUDs), also called drug addiction, is the chronic and relapsing use of psychoactive substances in spite of considerable harm to the patient. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has ...

First is the potential for harm. People using opioids, like fentanyl or oxycodone, lose tolerance for these drugs when forced ...

Take a good look around any major urban area– and now, many rural spaces too– and you’ll see signs of drug abuse and addiction. The Baltimore City Department of Health reports that “In 2023, Baltimore ...

The Eat, Pray, Love author discusses her love affair with her best friend, which she says was life-changing but also marked ...

Many people believe that taking the stimulant methylphenidate (Ritalin and other brand names) before testing can hike test scores as well as improve overall attention span, whether they have ADHD or ...

LOS ANGELES—America’s drug crisis has many survivors. Jerry Schlesinger, 72, is among the longest tenured. He tried heroin at 15. Today, he has been sober for two years. In between, decades of illicit ...

When California voters passed Proposition 36 last November, they changed a decade-old criminal justice law. It was arguably ...

Fewer than 40% of Medicare beneficiaries with opioid-use disorders receive proper care, study finds In 2022, 52,000 Medicare beneficiaries experienced an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for ...