A law that’s meant to be a last resort is often turned to amid the opioid overdose crisis. Massachusetts has one of the largest systems of involuntarily committing people for substance use-disorder ...

When police picked up Jose Pellot this spring, he was confused. The Southbridge man hadn’t committed a crime, and he wasn’t accused of one. But his doctor had recently filed a petition for his ...

Nicolette Natale, D.O., whose areas of expertise include the treatment of substance abuse disorders. Courtesy Nicolette Natale, D.O. According to ...

The European Medicines Agency has begun a review of medicines to treat alcohol dependency that contain sodium oxybate, it ...

PEER Services provides drug and alcohol prevention and treatment to communities in Chicago and Evanston. They offer ...

Many don't realize that after drug/alcohol treatment, San Francisco does not have a permanent place for people to go if they ...

CMND-100 has the potential to provide an innovative and advanced treatment option for hundreds of millions of people around the world afflicted with Alcohol Use Disorder Vancouver, Canada, June 05, ...

HealthDay News — For U.S. adult cancer survivors with a new alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnosis, the one-year cumulative incidence of AUD treatment initiation was 14.3 percent, according to a ...

(HealthDay News) — For US adult cancer survivors with a new alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnosis, the 1-year cumulative incidence of AUD treatment initiation was 14.3%, according to a research ...

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners voted Thursday, to authorize the county clerk to advertise for bids for substance abuse treatment services ... “We take alcohol and drug addiction ...

Yet this condition, sometimes called alcoholism, alcohol abuse, or alcohol dependence, is often misunderstood. Are you falling for common misconceptions about alcohol use disorder? Myth ...

Runaway cell death and inflammation triggered by severe trauma may be interrupted by a drug used to prevent alcohol abuse—and it may be particularly effective in females, according to research ...