addiction
People Who Take Opioid Painkillers Are Getting Screwed Thanks to Coronavirus
Quarantined people have to go out to get their prescriptions and can't get a backup supply.
Coronavirus Is Forcing AA Meetings to Close, and People Are Worried About Relapse
“It’s one thing to be socially isolated, but it’s another thing to be socially isolated and trying to get sober."
Research Finally Supports the Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous
For decades, critics have questioned the lack of clinical evidence behind AA's faith-based 12-step method.
The Life, Death, and Rebirth of New York City's Most Resilient Dive Bar
Sasha and Lee Lloyd overcame abuse, homelessness, depression, and betrayal to open The Hard Swallow—and they'll do anything to protect it.
A Vending Machine in Canada Is Dispensing a Drug Twice as Strong as Heroin
Hydromorphone, aka "Dilly," is now available to people who aren't ready or able to quit opioids.
5 Years After a Devastating HIV Outbreak, Indiana Is Still Lacking in Needle Exchanges
Public health experts say this reflects a continuing reluctance to treat addiction as a health issue.
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What We Can Learn From a Tiny Baltic Country's Two-Decade Fentanyl Crisis
A look at the opioid problem in Estonia suggests that in some parts of the U.S. and Canada, fentanyl is likely to replace heroin for good. The country's experience also offers a few workable solutions.
What Happens When a 'Progressive' Democrat Refuses to Help People with Addiction
If New York's Governor Cuomo doesn’t sign these laws, he is literally condemning hundreds of people to die for the sake of insurance-company greed.
'Drugs Without the Trip' Might Be Peak Silicon Valley
Healthcare startups hope that blunting the hallucinatory effects of psychedelics could open up the public to their medical potential.
Forget Cali Sober. Now There's Vape Sober
Inside the massive underground network of people who help each other stay off drugs—and are ready to fight back against vape bans.
How to Head Off an Eating Disorder Relapse During the Holidays
Even for people in recovery, unfamiliar circumstances or foods combined with too-familiar families can lead to relapse.
The People Reclaiming Religious Freedom from the Christian Right
Groups like The Church of Safe injection are showing that religious liberty isn't only a conservative value.
