addiction

The DEA is exacerbating the opioid epidemic by scaring pharmacies away from dispensing this medication when it's desperately needed.

The Hulu series dovetails with the broader reality KFF's journalists and analysts have been documenting in their work for the...

A widespread practice requires patients with alcoholic liver disease to complete a period of sobriety before they can get on...

Opponents have deployed a novel strategy to shut them down: using environmental regulations to sue over needle waste.

One addict's story explains how California's unconventional treatment works.

In a decade-plus span McKinsey counted among its clients many of the country's biggest drug companies.

Despite widespread consensus on the importance of addiction treatment in the ER, many hospitals fail to screen for substance use.

A settlement is about to shield members of the Sackler family from civil litigation regarding their alleged roles in the...

Some in public health now argue that monitoring programs to cut off prescription opiate misuse, will push addicts to use...

Addicts often fall victim to two huge gaps in the U.S. healthcare system: a paucity of addiction treatment and high...

Providers worry that by paying patients they'll violate anti-kickback regulations and thus jeopardize their federal funding through Medicaid.

For nearly a century, women have been closing the gender gap in alcohol consumption, binge-drinking and alcohol use disorder.