addiction

Amid public health warnings about rising stimulant use disorders, the Food and Drug Administration is urging drugmakers to develop treatments for cocaine and methamphetamine addiction.

More than seven years after his near-fatal overdose, Lamar Odom has launched Odom Wellness Treatment Centers, a collection of facilities offering rehab programs to those struggling with addiction.

Doctors may be missing patients who are trying to cheat on tests that check if they are taking medication for opioid addiction.

Doctors may be missing patients who are trying to cheat on tests that check if they are taking medication for opioid addiction.

During a recent interview on the podcast “Off the Record With DJ Akademiks,” the 63-year-old rapper shared that he was addicted to cocaine, crack, weed, alcohol, and cigarettes “for 18 years straight.”

Flavor Flav got candid about his past battles with addiction during an appearance on the “Off the Record with DJ Akademiks” podcast.

California seized more than 28,000 pounds of fentanyl over the past year. That’s a nearly six-fold increase in the amount of the drug recovered a year earlier.

A New Path will celebrate 18 years of cross-border addiction recovery help with a fashion show fundraiser on Sept. 17

Drema Ogletree starts slow when she walks into a room of a psychiatric hospital and introduces herself to a patient beginning to detox from drugs.  “I know you’re not feeling well today,” she begins. “I’m here to help you however you need help.”  Ogletree asks substance use disorder patients only a few questions at first. Little by little, she...

LX News Storyteller Eric Rodriguez can’t stop buying vinyl records. But why? To find out what was behind this compulsion, he spoke to Dr. Stephanie Hartselle, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University. She explains why someone might feel drawn to purchase something they don’t need, especially in these stressful times. She also provides some tips to...

If you’re like me, you probably buy stuff you don’t really need. But you might also have that one thing you can seemingly never resist adding to your cart – that designer purse, limited sneaker release, or hard-to-find collectible. For me it’s records. Why do I feel compelled to stack more vinyl? And does everyone else experience this? “You...

Many young women drink mainly at social gatherings or with friends, but a significant number drink alone. Some who drink alone turn to alcohol to deal with negative emotions, and that could signal a risk for alcohol problems when they reach their mid-30s, explains Kasey Creswell, a Carnegie Mellon University psychology professor who studied the behavior.

“I was on top of the world and I ruined it,” the 32-year-old star said in a new interview.