Hundreds of Alabama church leaders are being certified as substance use support specialists, gaining insight into the nature of these disorders and connections with professionals who treat them.

As someone who fell into substance addiction, I'm wary of using medication as the first solution to behavioral or emotional ...

The opioid epidemic has highlighted the importance of peer recovery coaches, but their jobs are now at risk due to proposed ...

Late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay struggled with opioid addiction for decades and spent the final years of his life ...

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has discovered a surprising new mechanism in the brain that ...

The practice of forcing people into treatment has gained national prominence in recent weeks after President Trump issued an ...

Sunday was International Overdose Awareness Day, remembering those who have died from drug use and in encouraging hope and help for those still struggling.

She started 29 days in a treatment center and then started going to recovery meetings and spending time with people who didn’t use drugs or alcohol. That was 2005. “Everybody that knew me wanted me to ...

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.

It is well established that the government can provide care to seriously mentally ill people even if they refuse. The ...

GLP-1 weight loss drugs may help reduce addiction, overdose risks: Study The large study analyzed the health records of 1.3 million people.

Jelly Roll Cries Talking About How Daughter Bailee, 16, Has Been 'Affected' by Her Birth Mother's Addiction Struggle "My child's mother has struggled with drug addiction since my daughter's been ...