Vidya Nair is the clinical director of Casa Flores, a Hanley Foundation program that helps moms rich and poor beat addiction for their babies' sakes.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Many people with opioid addictions are also dealing with mental illness. Often times, they do not receive appropriate treatment for either condition. Brittany Midolo, who ...

The Metro Drug Coalition offers an art therapy class aimed at helping people in active addiction or recovery develop healthier coping skills.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and ...

Billed as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act” on the November 2024 ballot, Proposition 36 won easily ...

A man standing up from a wheelchair prepares to inject himself with a needle on Southampton Street in the Mass. and Cass area of Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) The debate over how to deal with ...

In 2011, she was lured into sex work by an elementary school friend who, like MacMillan at the time, was looking to support her dependency. Despite having children and repeated attempts to stay clean ...

That innocent-looking donut might be triggering more powerful brain responses than the vodka it’s sometimes paired with. While society readily acknowledges alcohol’s addictive potential, we still ...

Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by ...