Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

Recent years have seen a steady stream of criticism of the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program of recovery from addiction. This criticism—primarily from individuals who reject the ideas contained ...

Dingle and colleagues explored the influence of addiction and addiction treatment on identity. They interviewed 21 people in a treatment community and found two distinct pathways, from pre-addiction ...

Addiction is a widespread health issue that will affect about one in five Canadians over their lifetimes. For example, addiction to opioids has led to opioid and overdose crises in many cities, which ...

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Hampton is a person in long-term recovery, an author, and a national recovery advocate. The fluorescent lights of the detox unit hummed, a sterile counterpoint to the chaos that had been my life just ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced $100 million in new grants for homelessness and opioid abuse recovery programs as part of a nationwide effort to combat the ...

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Klein, M.D., Ph.D., is a triple board-certified addiction medicine physician practicing in Pennsylvania at Caron Treatment Centers. Recently, I saw one version of the AI-enabled future of medicine. It ...