Nick Padlo’s addiction to alcohol and drugs didn’t happen overnight. “I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety,” says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery in ...

If you love someone with substance use problems, this was a particularly cruel week to be on the internet. As soon as authorities said they suspected that the person responsible for Rob and Michele ...

After 20 years as a nurse, Mark Spivak is now manager of emergency psychiatric services at the University of Louisville. While working in the emergency room, he's seen people struggle with drug ...

It's a memory that's permanently etched in my mind, dating back a few decades now. I perched next to someone I knew. "You know, the only people who act like that are on drugs." I ignorantly spoke, ...

Many people can't get access to opioid medication treatment while incarcerated, or have trouble accessing treatment once released. A community clinic in Alaska is trying to help.

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. In this week's PEOPLE cover story, Priscilla recounts staying by her son's side through his withdrawals from fentanyl and heroin In this ...

Nick Reiner, charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, spent much of his life battling drug addiction, an affliction that millions of Americans face. By Sonia A. Rao Sonia A.