“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...

Medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, can be an extremely beneficial form of care for adults who have developed opioid addictions. MAT, which combines prescription medication and counseling, has been ...

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 ...

After struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in the past, country star Jelly Roll has big plans to give back to his ...

In 2023, 48.5 million people ages 12 or older in the U.S. contended with a substance use disorder or disorders -- for almost 29 million, it was an alcohol use disorder (AUD) and around 27 million ...