Working with pregnant Palm Beach County mothers trying to beat drinking or drug problems, Vidya Nair can tell you it isn't just destitute women tortured by addiction. Nair is clinical director for the ...

"Attends AA and she limits herself to 1 drink a day" When someone famous dies because of a drug or alcohol problem, there’s a frenzy of media coverage for a week or two, with all sorts of ...

Between 2002 and 2013, heroin use among women increased at twice the rate of men. This is a story of addiction... and recovery... and relapse. Legions of women are entering rehab to kick opioids and ...

It was at the summit of Julianatop, the highest point in Suriname (in the Amazon), that the tears finally came. I wasn’t expecting it. After everything that had happened, I almost felt broken, ...

Can Baltimore beat heroin with $580M?

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Many people with opioid addictions are also dealing with mental illness. Often times, they do not receive appropriate treatment for either condition. Brittany Midolo, who ...

A mum and grandmother who beat a drug addiction as a youth for the sake of her family and put herself single-handedly through university, fell down the slippery road of addiction after suffering a ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A somewhat controversial smoking ban has gone into effect in Philadelphia. All city-funded residential drug and alcohol treatment programs are now tobacco-free. Some say it's ...