The White House’s strategy for tackling the drug and addiction crisis, released this week, sets lofty public health goals but ...

A recent University of Washington (UW) survey found that the number of respondents reporting injecting drugs in a given year ...

An addiction treatment center in the Valley is warning that access to Narcan is drying up, and that could mean dangerous ...

The Boston City Council struck down a resolution opposing safe injection sites, with proponents rejecting notions that legalizing such centers would incentivize addicts to shoot up and saying that ...

The medication, typically used for weight loss or diabetes treatment, is showing promise curbing cravings for alcohol and ...

Opium is a highly addictive drug. It’s made from juice extracted from the unripe seed pods of opium poppy plants (the scientific name is Papaver somniferum). Opium is used to make a class of drugs ...

Dear Doctor K: My son is addicted to painkillers. He has been in and out of treatment programs, but nothing has worked. I recently heard about a monthly injection that can help people overcome ...