Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

A church in Alabama's Bible Belt. The state is home to more than 13,000 religious institutions. Leaders from them are being certified as recovery specialists, to better aid those with substance ...

A new initiative is changing how people who struggle with mental health and addiction interact with police officers and the ...

Many studies over the past 25 years have shown that high-sugar and other highly pleasurable foods —often foods that are ultraprocessed —act on these brain networks in ways that are similar to other ...

Addiction resources go unused if people aren’t willing to talk about substance use in the first place. A local nonprofit, First Call, is helping Kansas Citians find available support. More Kansas ...

Abdirahman Warsame of Minneapolis once felt alone in his fentanyl addiction. He hopes his personal story resonates with those battling an addiction that has silenced them.

Reminding anyone battling addiction and mental health struggles “recovery whenever you find it is something that is just ...

Minnesota health officials say 54 people died from suspected drug overdoses in August. That's nearly two people a day. Ubah ...

Activists saw the hospital as emblematic of the city’s neglect of the area, and community members often called it “the ...

Adults who smoke cigarettes and are addicted to alcohol or other drugs were more likely to achieve sustained remission of their substance use disorder symptoms if they also quit smoking, according to ...