What is addiction, and how can we stop it? The complexities of addiction have stumped scientists for decades. Today, with 48 million Americans over the age of 12 suffering from a substance use ...

The perception that drug addiction affects only the poor or underprivileged is inaccurate, says the Kelantan National Association for the Prevention of Drug Abuse.

Nick Padlo’s addiction to alcohol and drugs didn’t happen overnight. “I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety,” says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery in ...

Andy Dick has been candid about rehab stints, recovery milestones and family impact and more through the years ...

The shocking double murder of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner has deeply affected other parents whose kids struggle with ...

Athletes, actors, politicians, and others often develop substance abuse disorders and some die from drug-related deaths. At the same time, their life history, drug use, and risk-taking shows the rest ...

James Ransone discussed his experience of sexual abuse, its lasting effects, and his addiction struggles. He reported the ...

Where does opium come from? The opium poppy grows best in warm, dry climates. Most opium is grown in a long, narrow stretch of mountains in central Asia, an area that starts in Turkey and moves east ...

Below, STAT previews the three key questions that could define a potentially busy year in the worlds of substance use and ...

Before Nick Reiner was arrested for parents' Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner’s deaths, he explained how addiction contributed to a complicated relationship ...

Before his death at age 46, actor James Ransone was candid about trauma from alleged past childhood abuse and his subsequent ...