I recently had a family, minus the mother, come to see me. They were greatly concerned, and rightfully so that Mom was “using”. Mom is indeed addicted to opiates and other narcotics that have kept her ...

Every day, drug and alcohol addiction shatters families, destabilizes neighborhoods, derails careers, and steals the lives of countless Americans. This National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery ...

Daniel Jang is a 36-year-old Korean American recovering addict from Orange County. For Korean American families the challenge ...

When dealing with drug addicts, what is the goal? Shouldn’t it be to get people back to a healthy lifestyle?

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He ...

Stigma and discrimination remain among the biggest obstacles to addressing drug addiction, with experts warning that fear of judgment often prevents people from seeking help until their condition has ...

A popular class of therapies for treating diabetes and obesity may also have the potential to treat alcohol and drug addiction, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...

Drug-related deaths continue to rise while Britain doubles down on a failed strategy of prohibition and punishment. The ...