The sad fact about recovery from alcohol and drug abuse is that almost everyone fails in the beginning, even when they have the support of loved ones, friends, and recovery groups. That’s because ...

Often starting in adolescence or young adulthood, many individuals have both a substance abuse disorder and at least one psychiatric disorder, although which diagnosis came first is frequently unclear ...

LAS VEGAS — Downstairs was a sensory overload: Roulette wheels spun, slot-machine chimes rang, and dealers hurried to scoop up stacks of casino chips resting in front of busted blackjack hands. Many ...

Quitting smoking cigarettes could enable a person with a substance abuse disorder to recover from their addiction to alcohol or drugs, a recent study stated. The findings highlighted that there was a ...

Appleton-based nonprofit Community Action for Healthy Living will end its work in substance abuse prevention March 20 due to ...

The bad news keeps getting worse in many places when it comes to the challenges districts face in addressing students’ substance abuse. School health workers in most districts report that they are ...

Young people who grow up witnessing violence in their home or neighborhood are at increased risk of substance abuse later in life, a new study published by a University of Texas at Arlington social ...

For every hour that goes by in the U.S., approximately 20 people die from excessive alcohol use (an estimated 178,000 per year). This month is Alcohol Awareness Month, and Dr. Patricia Molina from LSU ...

The Army plans to tamp down substance misuse by telling soldiers to avoid poppy seeds and the cannabis concentrate, delta-8. The new policies are an update to the Army’s existing substance abuse ...