For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

What is the argument that makes addiction more deserving of free treatment than heart disease or mental illness? Perhaps all ...

The medications “help to bridge that gap between 'I want to get clean' and getting clean," a prisons official said.

NSDUH only queried opioid misusers about opioid use disorder symptoms. After they changed the protocol and asked all ...

A good night’s sleep often sets the stage for a positive day. But for the nearly quarter of American adults struggling with ...

These medications are life and death for someone coming out of custody and in that state,” said Mary Taylor, a clinical ...

Mean opioid craving was reduced by 67% in the mindfulness-based intervention. Anxiety was also significantly reduced from baseline to 24 weeks in both treatment groups. An online-based mindfulness ...

The newly reported data suggested improved access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction contributed to recent downturns in drug overdose deaths, which declined 9% in New York ...

Going beyond treating opioid overdoses, paramedics in Wake County are carrying a different medicine to treat the addiction itself.