Should we encourage or discourage a person with a substance use disorder to wait till they "hit rock bottom"? Treatment should start in preaddiction, before the worst case.

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I would like to address something that has been churning in my gut. For the last six years, I have watched the disease of ...

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Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. BOSTON — The president of a leading addiction medicine group issued stark warnings on hardline Trump administration policies on substance use, ...

When I sat down to write this story, I remembered the gummy worms in the snack drawer of my kitchen. So I got up and grabbed a handful. I should add that I had just finished lunch, and I don’t really ...

RANDALL’S ISLAND, Manhattan (PIX11) – One of the tri-state region’s largest addiction recovery programs, Odyssey House, is centered around a concept of a devoted, steady, long-term course of recovery.

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