Values are qualities or principles that people consider to be important and wish to personify. Your values represent what you view as most meaningful in life. Values often translate to the standards ...

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 ...

Recovery advocates have changed American hearts and minds on addiction for decades. A new survey proves it worked.

Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local issues, respond to the following question: A new addiction recovery home for ...

In 2019 Angela Cicchino gave birth to a baby boy via emergency C-section. What came next was even harder. Hospital staffers asked if she wanted the painkiller Percocet. That posed a problem for ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The disease of addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a crisis that touches families in every community and neighborhood in our Nation. 48.4 million ...

The U.S. faces an unprecedented surge of drug deaths, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting another grim milestone this week. In a single 12-month period, fatal overdoses ...

Recovery from alcohol addiction generally follows the stages of abstinence, withdrawal, repair, and growth. If you think you may have a drinking problem, you’re definitely not alone. In 2021, ...