The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

"I always compare it to an addiction - you don't have a clue how ill you are, it creeps up on you and then it takes somebody else to point it out to you"

Up to 1.4m children under 13 use app, watchdog finds – and experts say they are being flooded with harmful content to promote addiction

Kerry-Anne Donaldson, 26, relies on a wheelchair after years of being an addict

A few dozen high schools across the U.S. combine education with treatment for substance use disorders to keep kids in recovery — and in school.

The dad plans to launch his own support podcast, A Day In the Life with Jamie Lynch, with guests such as Scots actor Shaun O'Kane and author Aidan Martin set to take part.

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. — The caretaker at the hillside cemetery braced against the cold and walked among the graves. Crosses cast shadows on bunched flowers. A strand of tinsel gleamed from a bare tree. He looked over the rows and shut the gate, his face red, his hands small and coarse.

Jamie Lynch had his first drink aged 15, with weekend visits to the pub soon spiralling into addiction.

The Biden administration should not wait until 2025 to implement the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act, which will expand access to safe, non-opioid therapies for pain management and protect Illinoisans from addiction.

Kerry-Anne Donaldson, 26, from East London, hopes her story serves as a warning to others after her addiction to nitrous oxide (NOS) saw her inhale more than 600 canisters week

My 600lb Life star Sarah Neely weighed almost 50 stone when she first appeared on the hit TLC reality show, but she has now overcome her struggles with food addiction

The medical examiner ruled the death of Kelsey Carpenter’s baby an accident – yet she faces life in prison: ‘I mourn every day’