Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

The proposal to be debated in the House of Representatives comes more than two years after a controversial attempt to decriminalise cannabis was rejected. “We need a proper legal basis on a national ...

A recovering ketamine addict has warned youngsters against the drug, saying it 'destroyed his life' and can do more damage in two years than 20 years of heroin. Liam J, 37, became addicted to ketamine ...

Prescription drug addiction might be far more widespread than originally thought. UK Addiction and Treatment Centres (UKAT) tells HuffPost UK that in the past two years alone it has witnessed a 17% ...

DETROIT — As Hannah Meissner hands sterile needles, fentanyl test strips and peanut butter sandwiches to drug users inside a mobile outreach van, she fears her job helping them stay alive — and break ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...

In this week's PEOPLE cover, Priscilla Presley opens up about how she helped her son Navarone through fentanyl and heroin ...