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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and I share the experience of recovering from heroin addiction. Like me, he started the process at a residential rehabilitation facility in the 1980s and participated [...]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and I share the experience of recovering from heroin addiction. Like me, he started the process at a residential rehabilitation facility in the 1980s and participated [...]

Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell by an estimated 14.5 percent from June 2023 to June 2024 -- the most significant decline recorded in the 21st century. When [...]

Drug overdose deaths https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm by an estimated 14.5 percent from June 2023 to June 2024 — the most significant decline recorded in the 21st century. When I first heard the [...]

A fines de 2016, Steven Klein se dio cuenta de que había perdido el control sobre su consumo de alcohol y estimulantes. Ese diciembre, alcanzó la sobriedad con la ayuda [...]

In late 2016, Steven Klein realized that he'd lost control over his drinking and stimulant use. He became sober that December, with help from 12-step meetings. But he also struggled [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz In late 2016, Steven Klein realized that he'd lost control over his drinking and stimulant use. He became sober that December, with help from 12-step meetings. But [...]

In August 2021, while promoting her new book 'Dopamine Nation,' the Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke discussed addiction with NPR's Terry Gross. Dr. Lembke explained that the neurotransmitter dopamine is the [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz Sadie Sutton was first hospitalized for depression when she was 13. She grew up in the Bay Area and had access to all the medical professionals she [...]

Sadie Sutton was first hospitalized for depression when she was 13. She grew up in the Bay Area and had access to all the medical professionals she might need but […]

The force behind Florida's first legal needle exchange, Dr. Hansel Tookes, received an anxiety-provoking call from the state surgeon general's office in April 2022. Health officials wanted to tour his [...]

The beginning of the end of illegal weed is here. On May 16 the Justice Department formally moved to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to [...]

Before Dr. Bobby Mukkamala -- an ear, nose, and throat specialist in Michigan -- prescribed post-surgical opioids recently, he checked state records of his patient's existing controlled substance prescriptions, as [...]

In 2016, Rachel Winograd began to see methadone patients who relapsed or left the treatment program where she worked start overdosing and dying at unprecedented rates. The culprit was illicitly [...]

In February 2021, Oregon decriminalized possession of small amounts of all drugs, via a ballot initiative known as Measure 110. The idea was to treat addiction as a public health [...]

Last summer, I learned that I needed major oral surgery, including having some teeth removed, bone grafts and implants. I'd dreaded the prospect for years, but it could no longer [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz Last summer, I learned that I needed major oral surgery, including having some teeth removed, bone grafts and implants. I'd dreaded the prospect for years, but it [...]

For many years, I've written about people suffering intractable pain and how their agony and increased risk of suicide and premature death have been ignored in the rush to end [...]

Over 100,000 Americans now die from drug overdoses annually. To combat this crisis in New York City and save lives, Mayor Bill de Blasio decided to support an initiative rife [...]

In 1994, the 15-year-old Liz Ianelli was sent by her parents to the Family Foundation School in Hancock, N.Y., which claimed to treat her disruptive behavior. But she said her [...]

After Cody Bohanan, 24, was locked up on a charge related to possession of drug paraphernalia in 2021, he told the staff at Butler County Jail in Ohio that he [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz After Cody Bohanan, 24, was locked up on a charge related to possession of drug paraphernalia in 2021, he told the staff at Butler County Jail in [...]

Catherine Oxenberg and her daughter, India, have been through hell. In 2011, Catherine, an actor best known for starring in the 1980s hit ''Dynasty,'' and India, then 19, enrolled in [...]

Catherine Oxenberg y su hija, India, han vivido un infierno. En 2011, Catherine, actriz famosa por protagonizar, la exitosa serie de la década de 1980, e India, quien por entonces [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz Mary Boyer, a 41-year-old tech worker, started taking the drug Mounjaro last October to treat obesity. She has since lost more than 40 pounds, going from 267 [...]

Mary Boyer, una trabajadora del sector tecnológico de 41 años, empezó a tomar el medicamento Mounjaro en octubre pasado para tratar la obesidad. Desde entonces, ha perdido más de 18 [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz When I was arrested and charged with possession with intent to sell cocaine in 1986, I was addicted to both coke and heroin. Although I was facing [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz Since last August, America has been experiencing a severe shortage of Adderall and related stimulant medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. While the origin of [...]

Since last August, America has been experiencing a severe shortage of Adderall and related stimulant medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. While the origin of the shortfall is [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz In December, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York unexpectedly vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have required judges to inform drug court participants of their right to [...]

Se ha vuelto común que las personas utilicen términos de diagnósticos para describirse y digan que son “un poco autistas” o “un poco bipolares” o que tienen “un poco de [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz Iâât's become common for people to use diagnostic terms to describe themselves, saying that they are 'sort of autistic' or 'a bit bipolar' or 'ââa little âOCD.'â [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz Anne Fuqua keeps a list of suicide deaths. She's chronicled hundreds of cases of chronic pain sufferers who have killed themselves after losing access to opioid medication [...]

The failure of American drug law, particularly marijuana policy, has long been obvious. Finally, this October, President Biden ordered the Department of Health and Human Services and the attorney general [...]

Byline: Maia Szalavitz In September, two 15-year-old Los Angeles girls overdosed on fentanyl, one of them fatally, after they purchased what they thought were prescription opioidââ pills. Although most overdose [...]

Despite rising overdose deaths, there's some important good news regarding opioid misuse. Rates of nonmedical use by high school seniors have fallen by nearly 83 percent since 2002, when 14 [...]

With the fall of Roe v. Wade, physicians across the country are struggling to balance the conflicting imperatives of their calling to care with their institutional duty to avoid legal [...]

With over seven million copies sold, Melody Beattie's 1986 best seller, ''Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself,'' is considered a self-help classic and [...]