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

Those numbers show an increase in usage at what seems like a staggering rate, but the totals are all still very, very tiny. Maine has the highest treatment admission rate for heroin, according to a ...

When considering the drugs most likely to cause former addicts to repeatedly relapse, opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine ...

A mum kicked her £500-a-week decade-long heroin addiction after getting hooked on the drug when trying it to “show off” in front of her sister. Shannon Ashley, 30, tried heroin at aged 13 and ...

Is Häagen-Dazs ice cream as addictive as heroin? Or, put another way, is heroin as addictive as Häagen-Dazs? Depending on how you phrase the question, you’re either asking whether heroin addiction is ...

The effect was seen across a wide variety of addictive and habit-forming substances, including cocaine, opioids, alcohol, ...

New research suggests the weight-loss medications could be powerful tools in tackling substance use disorders.

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