State opioid treatment has been inaccessible to citizens in rural areas due to lack of facilities. The implementation of ...

The county’s largest provider of drug and alcohol treatment services for low-income residents is to reopen a drug addiction recovery and detox center in Santa Rosa, restoring a key element to the ...

Another day, another study linking Ozempic to major health benefits. Published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry, the study found ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A Greenville addiction treatment center has been named one of the best in America according to Newsweek’s 2023 annual rankings. According to the North Carolina Department of ...

25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

Experts call for rehabilitation instead of jail time for people with addiction. Drug and alcohol-related jail deaths have skyrocketed in recent years, according to a recent report from the Bureau of ...

Several Native American families are suing the state of Arizona for not doing enough to crack down on fake addiction treatment centers. The scheme allegedly bilked billions in taxpayer dollars. State ...

Substance abuse is potentially harmful to health. In particular, synthetically-produced drugs often have unpredictable emotional and physical side effects that constitute an extreme health hazard.