Charleston, SC, May 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the aftermath of cultural upheaval and global crisis, many find themselves seeking solace and escape — sometimes resulting in the formation (or ...

When substance abuse enters a family’s life, it rarely affects just one person. The ripple effects touch everyone in the household, altering relationships, routines, and the emotional atmosphere that ...

My previous posts have focused on recognizing and preventing excessive substance use, with an emphasis on providing the latest information about my special interest – cannabis (see 20 Questions to ...

Despite what people may tell you, changing behavior is easy. It’s maintaining change that’s hard—creating new and sustained ways of thinking and behaving. As Mark Twain quipped, “Quitting [smoking] is ...

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 disorder as of ...

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The majority of people Liz Wetmore and the team see at Huntsman Mental Health Institute's Addiction Recovery Services are self-referred, an important part of addiction recovery. Wetmore, a Licensed ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

Avenues Recovery is opening a 120-bed residential addiction treatment center in Chesterfield in July to provide medically ...

It's time for America to end its black-and-white thinking about addiction and recovery, according to Johns Hopkins professor Hanna Pickard. Traditional approaches in the U.S.—framing addiction as ...