Contingency management programs involve testing a urine sample to determine whether someone has taken drugs or not in the past few days. For every negative test, the person gets a reward. In ...

It is a daily occurrence in a neighborhood with the dubious distinction of being New York City’s “hub of heroin.” It’s a bustling, sometimes ...

There's growing evidence to suggest that GLP-1 drugs, which include Ozempic's semaglutide, may be useful for treating alcohol ...

Almost a decade after it was first proposed, Ireland's first ever Medically Supervised Injection Facility (MSIF) opened in ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie this week notched an early victory with the Board of Supervisors in his crusade against the ...

The federal government has long sought to prevent the horrors of drug addiction by interdicting the supply of dangerous ...

Opioid overdoses kill each day. But it's easier to access fentanyl in Arizona than the medications that can help keep people ...

This month's Problems column by Juanita Sanchez focuses on helping those deal with an addiction that they hide from others.

A new study suggests that medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol.

From starring in an $18m sci-fi blockbuster as a child to hitting the depths of drug addiction in his later years, Joe Cramer ...

Joe Cramer had the world at his feet after starring in Disney's sci-fi film Flight Of The Navigator as a child, but life soon took a tragic turn and he was in desperate need of salvation ...