Popular drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are known for dramatic weight loss, but they also can potentially help with substance ...

Narcotics Anonymous and Salvation Army are often hostile to use of the addiction medications buprenorphine and methadone.

Native Americans now have the highest rate of drug-overdose deaths among teenagers and young adults of any ethnic group. At a ...

A new federal rule change has made methadone more accessible than ever, but many advocates and patients say it should be much ...

In January, country singer Jason DeFord, better known as Jelly Roll, testified before Congress about the dangers of fentanyl.

THUNDER BAY — Long Lake #58 Chief Judy Desmoulin highlighted her cameo appearance in the local documentary film, A Sobering ...

The federal government’s push to make Medicaid funding more flexible for drug addiction treatment in the last nine years has ...

If you experience trauma during childhood, there's a greater chance you'll use substances such as alcohol, tobacco and other ...

An updated evidence-based guideline aimed at helping clinicians and other health care providers manage patients with opioid use disorder recommends buprenorphine and methadone as first-line treatments ...

This funding comes as part of the fourth round of State Opioid and Stimulant Response (SOS 4.0) grants, which are awarded ...

A new finds that heavy drinking among adult Americans increased more than 20 percent during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and continued for the following two years.

Today's health news includes OpenAI's inroads in health care, the problem with the Narcotics Anonymous approach to recovery, and more.