This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. South Dakotans battling addiction to opioids are increasingly ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The federal government’s push to make Medicaid funding more flexible for drug addiction treatment in the last nine years has not stemmed the tide of nonfatal opioid overdoses, ...

Only a few dozen addiction recovery homes in Pennsylvania have applied for a license despite the licensing program being designed to bring more oversight to the industry. Penny Martin (left) and the ...

When President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, it came with a regulatory change intended to make it easier for people to get care. The declaration allows for doctors to ...

For over a decade, opioid-related deaths in the U.S. have dominated headlines. In 2010, the sobering data reported in the New England Journal of Medicine article “A Flood of Opioids, a Rising Tide of ...

The terms “addiction” and “dependence” can seem similar, but they are different. Dependence occurs when the body physically relies on a drug. Addiction involves changes in behavior. A person with an ...

A while ago I wrote about digital addiction, which can be an accute problem for some people. It's beyond an occasional iPhone fondle or laptop liaison. Digital addiction is real. The Internet itself ...