Nearly 50 million over the age of 12 reportedly have substance use disorders​, which can include addictions to alcohol or ...

Lawmakers are hoping to expand and improve upon a 2015 law that offers grants to county jails treating inmates experiencing ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced ...

Parents looking for more information on keeping your teens and pre-teens safe from substance use are invited to an event on ...

Mike Campbell never tried to intervene with Tom Petty's heroin addiction, he tells The Independent. The Tom Petty and the ...

Recent research backs the explanation of "common liability"—not a "gateway" effect—for why youth who try vaping are likelier ...

Authors Key Points Media Contact For general and media inquiries and to book our experts, please contact: [email protected] Background About 40.3 million Americans have a substance use disorder (SUD).

Linn-Walton, who oversees substance-use programs at the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, began her battle with ...

One of the last parts of the brain that mature is the prefrontal cortex, which helps with planning and decision-making.

Since the mid-1980s, a number of organizations, primarily in northern Mexico, have launched informational campaigns and ...

At a recent festival in Mexico City, the 'Checa tu Sustancia' initiative offered free, anonymous drug testing. Led by Instituto RIA, this program emphasizes harm reduction, providing drug testing, ...

An FOI request with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) showed two players tested positive for a banned substance from the 606 tests ...