Take a good look around any major urban area– and now, many rural spaces too– and you’ll see signs of drug abuse and addiction. The Baltimore City Department of Health reports that “In 2023, Baltimore ...

It’s thought one in five teenagers will dabble with drugs at some point. A 2021 survey of secondary school pupils in England (aged 11 to 15) found 18% reported they had ever taken drugs – 12% had ...

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 ...

Kratom drug use has reached staggering numbers, with estimates showing 15 to 25 million U.S. adults now using it. Most people still don't know about its serious risks. The substance, marketed as a ...