A huge problem in our country is that most of the people whom we trust to provide addiction treatment are poorly qualified or unqualified. The biggest group of these are people without any ...

Crime Stoppers of Houston instituted a statewide education program called the Safe School Institute with presentations on ...

Addiction isn’t always obvious at first. What starts as a habit can slowly take control of a person’s life before they realize it. For Wisconsin residents, learning the signs of addiction and knowing ...

Having watched family members struggle with substance use disorders, recent University of Minnesota Twin Cities graduate Madelyn Blake wanted to change the way addiction is treated and discussed. Now, ...

A new training and development resource is available to the state’s addiction and substance use prevention professionals. The New Jersey Prevention Network recently launched The Learning Center. The ...

Scientists have found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids. Our brains, even in adulthood, continually adapt to what ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -Drug overdoses and addiction rates are on the rise. “Over this past year and a half our addiction rates have definitely tripled, and overdose rates have exceeded a ...

The drive to drink for someone with alcohol addiction often transforms from a pursuit of pleasure to a desperate need to escape the profound discomfort of withdrawal. New research has now identified a ...

Key Takeaways Evidence-based therapies for alcohol addiction have scientific validation behind them, making them more ...

There’s also an explosive escalation of online gambling, particularly sports betting, that is raising the stakes for the development of new behavioural addictions. Last year, the South African ...