Feb. 15 marks what would have been the 'Saturday Night Live' star's 61st birthday. In a documentary about Chris Farley, released last year, friends remembered this secret side to him.

For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

Now, one type of weight-loss medication is proving helpful with another health issue. In a study published Feb. 12 in JAMA ...

Before RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings, Caroline Kennedy urged lawmakers to reject nomination saying he's led family 'down ...

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

As Washington combats overdoses from fentanyl and other drugs, addiction centers say a gap in funding for patients' room and ...

For teenagers and young adults in college any time is game - lifting their spirits trumps even the all-important lessons.

It’s been five months since changes to Oregon law made possessing small amounts of hard drugs a crime again, prompting ...

Drug overdoses are on the decline in Carteret County, according to Sheriff Asa Buck, who also reported an increase in drug-related arrests. In 2024, deputies ar ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie this week notched an early victory with the Board of Supervisors in his crusade against the ...

He also published one of the first case series that found semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, to effectively reduce alcohol consumption among six people with addiction. (The drug ...

More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...