It is tempting to think that people in the medical community, and especially physicians, are immune from bias and stigma. They are highly educated and well trained, and we might suspect that they ...

Two years ago, Tyler Yates lost his best friend to an overdose. At the urging of another person in the recovery community, Yates said his best friend stopped taking buprenorphine — a medication used ...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and First Lady Anna Stein announced the launch of Unshame NC, a public campaign to reduce the stigma around substance use disorders.The ...

Ryan Paige has called Biddeford home his entire life. He grew up in the city, attended its schools and spent time with ...

Thirty portraits are on display at Hotel Downstreet, part of an initiative to use the arts and storytelling to humanize substance ...

Almost 300 community members participated in PEER Services’ 10th annual Step Up for Recovery event Sunday. The event is a fundraiser for PEER Services, a nonprofit that provides community-based ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vending machine in Illinois offered free naloxone. The drug can allow a bystander to help someone who is overdosing on an opioid ...

Nichole Nidey is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health. She studies maternal child health and substance use during pregnancy and ...

Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — January is Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month, which is designed to raise awareness about those suffering with substance use. Addiction is a disease, and leaders at the Hawaiʻi ...

Project M.O.M. aims to ensure pregnant and postpartum women affected by substance use disorder receive coordinated, ...