The stigma associated with opioid drug abuse and overdose deaths has spread to the treatment that has saved thousands of lives. Treatment experts say the harmful attitude aimed at those addicted to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — In April, law enforcement, legal and medical professionals from the city and county levels met to address the ...

Addiction specialists explain why professional success can delay recognition of substance use disorders and prevent ...

People addicted to drugs or alcohol are stigmatized in our society, which can impede their recovery. We cannot readily understand how they are thinking and why they are making the unhealthy choices ...

"There's this horrible stigma around alcoholism and addiction and I don't think it's a coincidence that many of the ...

A woman named Courtney Moniz, known as @TheCourtnologist on most social media platforms, has documented her struggles with addiction and the recovery that comes with substance abuse. Moniz has taken ...

Bias Minimizing Technology Reveals 3 Out of 4 Americans Believe That Society at Large Views Drug and Alcohol Dependent Individuals as Having Moderate, Low, or No Chance of Maintaining Recovery Stigma ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Last year, more than 107,000 people died from a drug ...

Hundreds gathered in Kalamazoo on Saturday, showing their support for those impacted by addiction and mental health ...

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 ...

As overdose deaths remain one of Illinois' leading public health challenges—even as recent progress offers hope—hundreds of people from across the Chicago area will gather at Lincoln Park Grove 2 on ...