Last week, the Hancock County Youth Court hosted its annual multi-disciplinary training on “The Science of Addiction.” ...

North Easton’s Kevin Hayden is racing with Learn to Cope, honoring loved ones lost and supporting families navigating ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Last year, more than 107,000 people died from a drug ...

The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign to change the conversation around addiction and recovery. This initiative ...

Health officials are pushing for greater social awareness and professional training surrounding gambling addiction, as the ...

GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Runners and walkers alike took to the starting line on Saturday for the annual Summer Smith 5K Addiction Awareness Memorial Run. The race, which marked its ninth year, ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A recently released report by Dallas County Health and ...

The Princess of Wales has urged an end to the "stigma" surrounding addiction, calling for society to show "compassion and love" to those dependent on drugs, alcohol, or gambling. Marking Addiction ...

Some of the most recently available data brings welcome news in the nationwide fight against the opioid epidemic. After many months of increasing overdose deaths in the wake of the Covid pandemic – a ...

Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medical Association, and ...