Many cities are considering involuntary substance use treatment as a solution to drug use among the homeless. But research doesn’t support this strategy.

Several Cedar Rapids teenagers are working to bring attention to substance use among young people after sharing their ...

Their job is to protect, promote, and restore human health and lives, but health care workers believe that their own use of alcohol and illegal drugs reduces the quality of care they provide to ...

Between four and 10 million people in the U.S. have fibromyalgia. Many doctors look askance at the disorder, leading some patients to seek pain relief from substance use.

Dentistry has long been built on preventive care. It’s time to extend that preventive mindset to substance use.

Children with co-occurring persistent pain and mental health symptoms face higher risk for early substance use, but the ...

Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recognizes Substance Use Prevention Month every October to increase public awareness of the dangers of substance use and its ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Substance use prevalent in scooter injuries: One in four e-scooter riders hospitalized between 2016 and 2021 were under the influence of substances like alcohol, opioids, marijuana, or cocaine at the ...

Three organizations in the Susquehanna Valley will receive state funding to help reduce the stigma of substance use disorder ...

With an estimated 70% of male and 77% of female inmates in Oregon state prisons said to have substance use disorders, the ...