People who have been stable for years are suddenly re-exposed to risk — not because their disease worsened, but because their ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

You're reading Part 5 of The War on Recovery, a yearlong investigation into how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications to people with opioid addiction. Catch up on ...

A new outpatient recovery center is redefining addiction care with real connection, small-team support, and accessible ...

Addiction treatment is not the same for everyone. What works for one person may not work for another. That’s where genetic ...

Don Keister reflects on his son Tyler’s high school photos while urging schools to expand addiction education and resources. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY) What are journalists missing from the state of ...

Celebrity lives often play out like open books, and while they might seem glamorous on the outside, they are full of very human struggles beneath the surface. Addiction doesn't discriminate, and many ...

Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those around them. People have long debated whether addiction is a habit or a ...

Addiction recovery advocates are wary that President Donald Trump’s plan for addressing the substance abuse epidemic in the United States won’t sufficiently help the problem without action from ...