Renault Shirley remembers the first time he was asked to falsify billing reports for Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center.

Substance use and abuse is something that touches every corner of the United States, in areas both big and small. According ...

S.F. supervisor Matt Dorsey says that he feels that, had he used drugs in supportive housing, he should have been evicted to ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The latest figures on heroin show the number of first time users in this country has increased by 60 percent over the last decade to 156,000. Addiction experts say once hooked ...

Cravings affect addiction recovery and relapse. Treatment must help the person with substance use disorder relearn healthy ...

NEW YORK Teen use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana remains at record lows, according to national survey results released Wednesday. They consume a lot of energy drinks, though. And there are slight, ...

Asheville police are rolling out a major crime enforcement and quality-of-life action plan in the city’s downtown corridor.

Nationally, it looks like heroin use has stayed relatively level, but use of the drug on my front porch has skyrocketed 100 percent during the past 24 hours. My roommate found a dirty syringe on our ...

A mum kicked her £500-a-week decade-long heroin addiction after getting hooked on the drug when trying it to “show off” in front of her sister. Shannon Ashley, 30, tried heroin at aged 13 and ...

Boston may receive $4 million in state funding to address homelessness and drug use, focusing on treatment, recovery and ...

Researchers are investigating whether GLP-1 drugs could be used to treat addiction disorders, following patient reports of reduced cravings.

Ontario will replace nine supervised consumption sites with HART hubs, but critics warn the lack of harm reduction could ...