Opinion: Sentencing people to probation for treatment benefits not just the person with the addiction, but also their ...

A new study published in JAMA Network Open on May 7, 2026, engaged 42 national experts in hospital-based addiction treatment in a consensus-building process to develop best practices for ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The opioid crisis has been a quiet, deadly presence in America for a quarter-century ...

After rising exponentially since 1979, overdose rates have finally begun to decline, falling more than 29 percent since 2022.

For decades, addiction treatment in the United States has relied on a familiar explanation when people relapse: recovery is hard, addiction is chronic and setbacks are part of the process. That ...

As the opioid addiction crisis continues in America, there are both new and old medications available to treat it. One of the oldest is methadone. It is also the most stigmatized — and the most ...

The White House's newly released strategy for tackling the nation's drug and addiction crisis calls for a number of ambitious ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

Better Choice Treatment Center announced it is increasing its capacity and enhancing its programs in response to rising rates ...