The subject of addiction swirls with myths and misinformation. It doesn’t help that so many people seem to believe that their own struggle with addiction — or a few drop-ins to Alcoholics Anonymous ...

As the Obama administration and the media increasingly promote the idea that prescription drug misuse is this generation’s crack epidemic, I want to take a few minutes to note how irresponsible and ...

DELRAY BEACH — If only the train would come now, Desmond Meade said he remembered thinking as he stood on railroad tracks in Miami 19 years ago. The train would mangle his body, snuff out his life.

As a professor of addiction care, Wim van den Brink was a pioneer in providing prescription heroin to addicts. Now, he is ...

I'm the same as most recovering addicts - the most fun I ever had nearly killed me. And while I was in the grip of my addiction, I would have told you I'd never give it up. I wasn't an alcoholic, a ...

He left the House of Representatives while struggling with a crack addiction, his political career seemingly over. Actually, it had just begun. By Alex Traub John Burton, one of the most influential ...

The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s was met with demonization, mass incarceration and dehumanization of Black crack addicts. The opioid epidemic of today is being met with empathy, understanding ...