addiction

What a Breakthrough E-Cigarette Study Illustrates About Addiction

The first large, systematic study of whether e-cigarettes help people to quit smoking was published January 30 in the New…

February 7, 2019

Companies Use Patient Data to Generate “Risk Scores” for Their Likelihood of Addiction

The Food and Drug Administration ended 2018 by awarding Milliman, a health insurance consulting company, with extra resources and expedited…

February 5, 2019

Should I Drug Test My Kids? Why the Experts Say No

Does anyone still want to do drug tests on their children? Apparently so, because there are plenty of kits for…

February 5, 2019

Sex, Heroin and Survivor’s Trauma Are Interlinked for Many Women

The first time I had sex after ending my abusive relationship in 2008, I loved it because it felt like…

January 29, 2019

The Reassuringly Normal Recovery of Lindsay Lohan

Remember when Lohan was portrayed as the incorrigible bad-girl alcoholic who would never change—i.e., enter recovery? She may not now…

January 18, 2019

Fifteen Examples of Discrimination Against People With Substance Use Disorders

In light of the imminent threats to the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients, Legal Action Center, along with Faces…

January 17, 2019

Confidentiality for Patients With Substance Use Disorders Is Under Threat

When patients seek treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs)—in a society that stigmatizes and discriminates against people with SUDs in…

January 17, 2019

How a Famous IQ Study Revealed a Key Truth About Avoiding Addiction

What makes you live longer? What makes life more satisfying? What enables people to resist addiction? These three questions have…

January 7, 2019