People who work in addiction medicine in the 1930s and 2020s still argue community support is the biggest need in recovery. The Federal Medical Center in Lexington has a fairly simple purpose — it’s a ...

Doctors used to think that only half a dozen narcotics, such as heroin and morphine, could cause a true addiction: the victim could give up the drug without suffering the agonies of withdrawal. They ...

A drug addiction program that's helped hundreds of people across the Pittsburgh area is now set to close by the end of the month after failing to find a new location. The building, located just off ...

UPMC is closing its narcotic addiction treatment program. A UPMC spokesperson says UPMC Western Behavioral Health has to vacate the program’s location on Penn Avenue by the end of the month. And, ...

Just before Christmas 1951, Dr. Ralph Russell voluntarily checked himself into the Fort Worth Narcotic Farm to receive treatment for drug addiction. He would spend the next four months receiving ...