A medication offered to heroin abusers at the Albany County jail was shown to help prevent addicts from returning to illegal drug use, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

SELDEN, N.Y. (WABC) -- Nick Carbonaro's mom will tell you her son wasn't a bad person. He just made some bad decisions. "I know what I know. He was sensitive. He had a great heart," Lori Carbonaro ...

The so-called War on Drugs has turned into an endless struggle, crowding prisons with addicts who resume their habits when they’re back on the street. An epidemic of deaths from overdoses of heroin ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police program aimed at keeping people addicted to drugs out of jail is being expanded because it's working so well. Donald Davis is a heroin addict, but with the help of ...

Members of Hope Ministries and Community Services have long had a vision to create a hub to help drug and alcohol addicts and their families and to educate young children in Lancaster. Wednesday, they ...

I was arrested, relapsed, and hit rock bottom. After getting sober, I rebuilt my life and opened a thriving candle studio in ...

Thanks to Steven A. Schroeder for his opinion piece regarding alcoholism and drug addiction (“Grant Makers Must Attack Substance Abuse,” July 26.). This disease has been considered a moral issue for ...

Live from WYFF 4 studios, Chronicle: State of Addiction was a community event that featured law enforcement and addiction specialists answering viewer questions and discussing issues and solutions ...