The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign to change the conversation around addiction and recovery. This initiative ...

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 ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

You're reading Part 5 of The War on Recovery, a yearlong investigation into how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications to people with opioid addiction. Catch up on ...

People who have been stable for years are suddenly re-exposed to risk — not because their disease worsened, but because their coverage did.

A Rutgers-led study found that genes related to impulse control and reward processing are major factors in addiction risk. Researchers analyzed genetic data from over 2.2 million people to understand ...

The White House drug czar launched a new push with ONDCP, SAMHSA, and HUD focused on addiction treatment among homeless ...

Don Keister reflects on his son Tyler’s high school photos while urging schools to expand addiction education and resources. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY) What are journalists missing from the state of ...