Tag: substance abuse

Addiction treatment providers and law enforcement officials in Fresno County recently met to publicly address one of the most serious issues they have seen...

The latest federal statistics show that Seattle has hit its drug-death record in 2016. The figures, which were released last year, show that a...

Substance abuse treatment services in Portland have been falling short and not reaching as many residents who need to receive professional help. Meanwhile, the number...

The toxicology report of Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, who killed himself in July at age 41, had only a small amount of alcohol...

A majority of state attorneys general joined in a bipartisan coalition earlier this week and urged Congress to permit Medicaid funding toward larger substance...

New research has shown that people who battle mental health disorders as children are at greater risk of developing addictions as adults. Dutch researchers launched...

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee unveiled the city’s budget outline earlier this month, which allocates $10 billion toward programs designed to help mitigate the...

The impacts of heavy drinking on the human brain and the behavioral changes linked to excessive alcohol consumption were recently analyzed in a study...

Maintaining abstinence and receiving social support after inpatient drug detox are key factors in improving the quality of life of an individual in recovery,...

Tracking the rate and incidence of nonmedical use of prescription medications has typically been done by agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...