New research suggests the weight-loss medications could be powerful tools in tackling substance use disorders.

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have long helped people eat less — now, they’re showing promise in helping people crave less. A new analysis of records from over 600,000 diabetic veterans found that GLP-1 ...

Meth played a significant role in Kathleen Smith’s life. But, spending a year in county homeless shelters – most recently at the new Port Orchard shelter, Pacific Building – allowed Smith to turn her ...

GLP-1 medications may quiet the brain signals behind addiction, reducing substance use disorders and overdose risk across ...

GRAND FORKS - The sanctuary of Freedom Church in downtown Grand Forks was filled with song on a Tuesday night. Though the people gathered in the Christmas-decorated hall sang and prayed as they would ...

Thanks to Steven A. Schroeder for his opinion piece regarding alcoholism and drug addiction (“Grant Makers Must Attack Substance Abuse,” July 26.). This disease has been considered a moral issue for ...

Nick Carbonaro's mom will tell you her son wasn't a bad person. He just made some bad decisions. After struggling with addiction for years in February he died of a heroin overdose. "I wake him up the ...

Earlier this month, a video of Alexa went viral where she detailed the horrors of living on the streets of Los Angeles.

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ROBESON COUNTY, NC (WMBF) - Robeson County is seeing a big drop in fatal drug overdoses. The Robeson County sheriff said a new grant will continue to help his office fight drug addiction. The North ...

TRUMANN, Ark. - It's being called one of the biggest drug busts in the history of northeastern Arkansas: The FBI announced on Tuesday the indictments of 21 people accused of distributing ...

(Issouf SANOGO/AFP/AFP) In Ivory Coast's biggest city Abidjan, vulnerable drug addicts say that discovering a secluded care and support centre in an upscale part of the city has helped them to turn ...