A church in Alabama's Bible Belt. The state is home to more than 13,000 religious institutions. Leaders from them are being certified as recovery specialists, to better aid those with substance ...

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - A nonprofit is giving an old school building in the Conway area a new purpose for those struggling with addiction. The old Waccamaw Elementary School on Highway 90 at East ...

Understanding that people don’t have a choice in mental illness and addiction is the first step in reducing stigma and ...

I am the chief of the Newtown Police Department in Ohio and a Marine Corps veteran. I've dedicated my career to serving the public because I believed I could make a difference in the lives of others.

CINCINNATI — When Scott Kerr first started working at the Hamilton County Justice Center, he handled addiction very differently. “When people came in withdrawing from opioids, they went cold turkey,” ...

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AI-driven relapse predictions could be a tool in the fight against opioid addiction. Find out how researchers used smartphone data to forecast potential drug relapses.

New research suggests that a popular group of medications used for diabetes and weight loss may also help treat alcohol and drug addiction. These drugs are called GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), ...

Billed as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act” on the November 2024 ballot, Proposition 36 won easily with the support of more than two-thirds of California voters. The ...