Drug Addiction

Some of the most helpless victims of addiction are the children of individuals struggling with substance abuse. 

According to a Pew Research Center poll, only 16 percent of Americans think that the nation is making progress on dealing with prescription drug abuse.

No parent wants to bury a child, but the situation can be even more tragic when the cause of death is something preventable, like prescription drug abuse.

Maine residents who have substance abuse problems are taking more risks and increasingly turning to violent crime in order to feed their addiction, according to many law enforcement officials in the state.

Researchers from the University of Michigan found that student athletes – especially boys – with sports injures are often prescribed opioid-based painkillers and tend not to follow their physician’s instructions for use.

A commonly held view about drug addiction is that users are constantly chasing the euphoric highs that they felt when they first tried illicit substances.

Ellensburg, Washington, is a small city east of the Cascade Mountains known mostly for its farms and rodeos. In the past year, however, its most notable attribute has become its growing heroin problem.

Wisconsin State Assembly member John Nygren is working to fight drug abuse.

According to a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry, topiramate, an epilepsy and migraine medication, has been shown to effectively treat cocaine dependence.

Like many parents, Susan May didn’t think that it was possible for her child to become a drug addict.

The director of nursing at a Buffalo, New York, long-term care facility has been charged with selling prescription medications, the Buffalo News reports.

Crime in Wausau, Wisconsin has spiked dramatically over the last month, according to police lieutenant Matthew Barnes.