The pandemic’s mandatory lockdown has set in motion an array of economic, political and global instabilities. It has been the catalyst of political and civil unrest. It has created a massive [...]

The U.S. is now facing two intersecting health crises, the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic. Regrettably, each has the potential to exacerbate the effects of the other. [...]

In the wake of George Floyd, I respectfully compose this article. The intent of my article is not to debate or facilitate hate or discrimination. I write this article from a place of genuine [...]

  Self-care is a lifelong habit and culture. It is the practice of individuals looking after their own health based on the knowledge and information available to them. It is a [...]

If there’s one thing I wish I knew when I was first getting sober, and when my son was getting clean and sober that would have saved me, and our family, so much needless confusion and suffering [...]

Bucknell University Professor Judith Grisel, psychology, is a behavioral neuroscientist with a particular interest in addiction. “I’m trying to determine what is different about [...]

Addiction is addiction – doesn’t matter whether you’re a man or a woman, right? Wrong, very wrong. Women are the fastest growing segment of substance abusers in the country. Women who abuse [...]

By GABRIELLE GLASER JUNE 11, 2020 From his room in Los Angeles, Cecil Hannibal worries about his grandmother getting Covid-19 every time she goes to the supermarket in Louisville, Ky. In northern [...]

Costs have gone up for addiction treatment centers in recent months, as they have had to invest in teletherapy and personal protective gear. “We are at risk for not having the funding that [...]

Drug overdoses have risen in some areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, less than a year after the Trump administration touted decreases in the nation’s overdose epidemic. From Memphis to [...]