January traditionally sees a surge in rehab admission rates. And if you’re going to residential addiction treatment by choice, I…
Deaths involving opioids, methamphetamine and other drugs have reached record highs in Utah. The state government passed legislation in 2016…
It's well established that America’s addiction treatment industry fails to fully meet the needs of people with substance use disorders.…
On International Overdose Awareness Day 2018, Dean LeMire sat in the New Hampshire woods with Jim Wuelfing, pondering a dilemma.…
A one-size-fits-all approach to the "opioid epidemic" will not work, say researchers at Iowa State University. Co-authors David Peters, Shannon…
Using human beings as “guinea pigs” for unethical experiments becomes so much easier when the subjects belong to marginalized and…
What really causes you to drink to excess? Elias Dakwar, MD says the answer is more complex than many think.…
It can be daunting to try to hold down a job while struggling with mental illness or drug addiction, as…
Our cognitive biases, per Nobel-winner Daniel Kahneman and colleague Amos Tversky, cause us to value short-term benefits over staving off…
Research published in Nature Communications on November 26 suggests that a single dose of ketamine may help mitigate problematic drinking.…