We are unbowed and we will not be intimidated, no matter what they throw at us.  And like the people of our state, I will never quit, I will never surrender, and I will never, ever back down.” ...

A Valley health care professional offers guidance to employers looking for insight on how to best help an employee find help ...

For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug ...

“These findings suggest that medically recommended cannabis is not associated with reduced addiction risk compared with nonmedical use,” the research team led by Dr. Nora Volkow, director of ...

Addiction is not a property of the substance ingested or activity engaged in. Instead, research indicates that it is more related to what else is, or isn’t, going on in a person’s life that ...

seeking to invalidate the final rules under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (“MHPAEA”) that the Departments of the Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services ...

After a rough start, the jail’s program for those with opioid use disorder has changed, including a new dashboard for public oversight.

Because substances of abuse act directly on the reward center of the brain to deliver their high—this involves speedy and intense release of the neurotransmitter dopamine—addiction can be seen ...

Jan. 13, 2025 — A new study found no changes in opioid outcomes among the general population with the states' passage of medical and recreational marijuana laws. However, the findings also show ...

“We motivate the addicts and their families to begin treatment at de-addiction centres. So far, nine addicts have agreed, and if they complete their treatment, we will request the court to drop their ...