To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Last year, more than 107,000 people died from a drug ...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she will build on the harm reduction programs established by her predecessor, strategies that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The stigma associated with opioid drug abuse and overdose deaths has spread to the treatment that has saved thousands of lives.

The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign to change the conversation around addiction and recovery. This initiative ...

Managing addiction and recovery can extend to every corner of a person’s life, including their work or employment. That’s why it’s more important than ever to create recovery-inclusive workplaces that ...

The Busted star is developing a new pilot scheme to help people in recovery get back into work in a new BBC documentary.

Addiction is one of society's most misunderstood and rebuked health conditions. That stigma discourages many people from seeking treatment for substance dependence, according to a new report published ...

Both homelessness and addiction are issues prevalent in every major city in the US and even in a large number of towns. Despite the hardships that these people go through, they are often the target of ...

Research has shown that approximately 10 percent of the U.S. population has a substance use disorder. Of the 2.3 million individuals in American prisons and jails, more than 65 percent meet the ...

When we published The Stigma of Addiction: An Essential Guide earlier this year, many were surprised to learn that it is one of the only books that focuses on stigma directed toward those with ...

Drugs originally designed to treat diabetes and obesity are reshaping medicine in unforeseen ways. Their impact on public health is really unprecedented in modern times, perhaps only upstaged by ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Marianne is a Boston resident who has been in recovery for ...