U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction and recovery ...

MANY people in local communities turn to specific illicit drugs because they enjoy the feelings these substances induce. For ...

Health experts and law enforcement officials say concerns are growing as methamphetamine overdoses surge in Maine.

When the Trump administration cut more than $11 billion in COVID-era funds to states, addiction recovery programs suffered ...

Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has faced intense scrutiny for a number of reasons — which also include his ...

But buprenorphine’s strength as a treatment is also a weakness. Buprenorphine is an opioid. Like methadone, the tightly ...

To amputate or save a limb? Philly’s tranq crisis is forcing doctors to make difficult choices amid a slow public health ...

SAMHSA’s work is crucial to suicide and drug overdose prevention and mental health care. It may fall victim to changes to public health infrastructure.

Understanding the neurological basis of addiction, often considered a complex biobehavioral illness, holds potential for ...

A new international study reveals a possible connection between GLP1 receptor agonists—used in drugs like Ozempic—and ...

and since awareness of the drug's risks remains fairly limited, many users may be unaware of the effects it could have on their mental and physical wellbeing. Here, we asked psychiatrist Dr Catherine ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is replacing animal testing with human-relevant methods, including artificial ...