A man stands handcuffed in a park while Hillsboro police cite him with a misdemeanor drug possession charge on Nov. 19, 2024. He was released with a citation and encouraged to enter recovery services.

What Is It Like To Be an Addict? Understanding Substance Abuse, by Owen Flanagan, Oxford University Press, 320 pages, $24.99 Addiction is a problem that defenders of liberty need to face, for if ...

As someone who has recently celebrated 16 years of continued recovery, I am asked if there is anything that I wish I could have done differently during my addiction or early on in my recovery. I ...

The Camden County Board of Commissioners and the Addiction Awareness Task Force (AATF) launched the Break the Stigma campaign to change the conversation around addiction and recovery. This initiative ...

School’s out. Teens are bored. And the siren call of social media and video games beckons. Parents and caregivers bungling through new summer routines, or lack thereof, have long sought to balance the ...

Putting an end to the dangerous cycle of opioid addiction starts with treatment and taking the step to recovery. BAART Programs Omaha West is raising a red flag through an overdose awareness event, ...

Addiction is a powerful condition that can slowly change how a person’s brain works. It often takes away control and makes it ...

She was among more than 100 people who provided perspectives on drug addiction and the state’s deflection programs as part of our series, “Moving beyond addiction.” Oregonians from 18 of the state’s ...