D spent a decade recovering from an addiction that started when he fell off a ladder, got injured and was prescribed opioid pain pills.

Audrey's brother has been struggling with heroin addiction for most of her life. — -- Audrey Stepp is 9 years old, and for most of her life, her brother Sammy Stepp has been struggling with a ...

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug ...

The past few years have seen an explosion of heroin abuse and deaths from opiate overdose. But little is known about the molecular underpinnings of heroin addiction. A new study in Biological ...

A new Washington state hotline is helping connect people dealing with drug addiction to local treatment options. The ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

The federal agency that oversees mental health and addiction treatment on Tuesday made major cuts to programs across the ...

Before Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for the gruesome murders of four University of ...

Bryan Kohberger's sister revealed that he once overcame a heroin addiction before pursuing higher education. Kohberger is currently serving a life sentence for the murders of four University of Idaho ...

Athletes, actors, politicians, and others often develop substance abuse disorders and some die from drug-related deaths. At the same time, their life history, drug use, and risk-taking shows the rest ...