Stopping smoking comes with a host of benefits, from allowing you to breath more easily to improved fertility. Established and highly accredited hypnotherapist, Susan Hepburn spoke exclusively to ...

What is addiction, and how can we stop it? The complexities of addiction have stumped scientists for decades. Today, with 48 million Americans over the age of 12 suffering from a substance use ...

Trying to prevent access to social media once youngsters reach 15 or 16 actually makes addiction worse, psychologists from ...

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TORONTO – Ontario will be the first province to stop paying for high doses of long-acting opioids as part of a push to reduce the “growing problem” of addiction to the painkillers in the province. The ...

It never sat right with Pam Lanhart that her teenage son was labeled an addict. “Even in treatment at 15 years old, they were using that term,” Lanhart recalled. “It felt problematic because you’re ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The opioid epidemic has claimed too many lives—and for many, it starts with something as routine as a prescription after surgery or injury. In Iowa, however, a growing ...

I’ve been married to a wonderful man for over 10 years, and during that time, I’ve grown to love his son as my own. My stepson, “Brian,” is now 28 and has struggled with drug addiction for most of his ...

As of next May, the Cambridge Shelter Corporation will stop offering addiction services. The organization's board of directors says there are enough alternative services in the city and this will give ...

A Progressive Conservative campaign stop in Happy Valley-Goose Bay turned emotional on Saturday as a resident asked leader Tony Wakeham to do something about addiction, mental health and crime in the ...