Based on the most recent statistics from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 48.4 million Americans (16.8%) aged ...

It’s likely you or someone close to you has been affected by addiction. In fact, one in seven Americans aged 12 or older reports experiencing a substance use disorder, according to the Centers for ...

The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign to change the conversation around addiction and recovery. This initiative ...

Language matters, especially when it comes time to mental health and addiction. Fortunately, how we view mental health and addiction has improved dramatically over the past few decades, and even in ...

The Princess of Wales launched the first Addiction Awareness Week in 2021 on behalf of the Forward Trust, a charity supporting recovering addicts ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Marianne is a Boston resident who has been in recovery for ...

Katia Riddle / Katia Riddle Johnny Bousquet should have gone to urgent care earlier. He has insurance and plenty of sick time. But after decades of feeling beat up, ignored, and shamed by the medical ...

Xianna MouaYang, Yeng Moua and Mai Moua are a family — one with a story of resilience, using the past to change the futures of those around them. Each of them has battled substance use disorder, which ...

Kate speaks out over ‘stigma’ of addiction in poignant message - The Princess of Wales made the comments to mark Addiction ...

This story originated as part of a Mount Royal University community service learning course with the partner the Starlings ...