AS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CHANGES, SO DOES A PRIVATE PRISON GIANT

Among GEO's 54 residential reentry centers, 42 offered such programming, and 21 focused predominantly on substance abuse... READ MORE›

MILLIONS OF PATIENTS FACE PAIN AND WITHDRAWAL AS OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS PLUMMET

In the battle to wean patients off opioids, dosage has emerged as a critical issue... READ MORE›

ARKANSAS SENATOR ENDS COMPANY'S CONTRACT WITH REHAB PROGRAM

Plaintiffs were forced to work for various businesses in Arkansas performing demanding, dangerous manual labor for no pay, the lawsuit said... READ MORE›

TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID CRISIS TO BE A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY BUT FUNDING STILL VAGUE

In ringing terms, President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency -- a step that won't bring new dollars... READ MORE›

TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›

TRUMP DECLARES PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OVER OPIOID CRISIS BUT DOESN'T COMMIT A CENT, DRAWS FLAK

In ringing terms, President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency -- a step that won't bring new dollars... READ MORE›

TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID EPIDEMIC A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... READ MORE›

OTTAWA CHEF BEHIND RIVIERA, EL CAMINO ADMITS TO SEXUALLY HARASSING WOMEN

Ottawa chef behind Riviera, El Camino admits to sexually harassing women... READ MORE›

ROGER CRYSTAL WENT TO BUSINESS SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO TREAT ADDICTION

He was lying there with his liver and intestines exposed, and all he wanted to do was shoot up on heroin, Crystal says... READ MORE›

A SPACE TO SHOOT UP, BUT NO SPACE FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT

Jonathan worries he may die before getting into an Ottawa treatment bed... READ MORE›

DRUG FATALITIES HIGHEST WHERE TREATMENT CUTBACKS DEEPEST

Other drug death hotspots with the biggest cuts are Gateshead 51 percent, Sefton 51 percent, Portsmouth 38 percent, and Durham 38 percent ... READ MORE›

IS HARVEY WEINSTEIN A SEX ADDICT

Sex addiction specialists like Dr. Patrick Carnes claims that up to 6 percent of all adults are addicted to sex... READ MORE›

DUTERTE PULLS POLICE OFF CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS CRACKDOWN

Police say they have killed over 3,850 people in anti-drugs operations since Mr Duterte took office last year... READ MORE›

MELANIA TRUMP TOURS WEST VIRGINIA INFANT DRUG REHAB CENTER

West Virginia also by far has the highest rate of drug overdose deaths... READ MORE›

MELANIA TRUMP TOURS WEST VIRGINIA INFANT DRUG REHAB CENTER

AP -- First lady Melania Trump has toured a West Virginia drug addiction recovery center for infants in the heart of the nation's opioid epidemic... READ MORE›

PREGABALIN, KNOWN AS 'NEW VALIUM', TO BE MADE CLASS C DRUG AFTER DEATHS

The letter warned of the risk of addiction for both pregabalin and a similar drug called gabapentin... READ MORE›

UNTIL MY SON BECAME DEPENDENT, DRUGS WEREN'T PART OF MY WORLD. I HOPE THEY'RE NEVER PART OF YOURS

Twenty years ago I knew nothing about drugs, nothing about addiction... READ MORE›

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'I KNOW I MIGHT DIE': 22-YEAR-OLD FENTANYL ADDICT TELLS HER STORY

Kati has lost everything thanks to her addiction to fentanyl... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP MADE ME GREAT AGAIN

He should also heed the call for expanding public health services for the 22 million Americans and their families facing addiction... READ MORE›

'ADDICTION CLAIMED HIS LIFE': SCOTT OAKE OPENS UP ABOUT SON'S BATTLE WITH DRUGS

Bruce had been assaulted over a drug debt, so he turned to his parents... READ MORE›

AMID OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WHITE HOUSE MAY CUT DRUG CONTROL OFFICE BUDGET

Drug office budget cuts being considered by Trump White House... READ MORE›

'LONG-TERM TREATMENT SAVED MY LIFE,' SAYS FORMER B.C. ADDICT WHO OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL 17 TIMES

It took the sisters two years to get into the program, which used suboxone to transition them off fentanyl... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO LAUNCH NEW EFFORT ON HEROIN CRISIS

Yet after Congress approved landmark legislation in July for expanded drug addiction treatment and prevention, it did not include the 181 million to actually fund the measure... READ MORE›

FENTANYL SPIRAL: HOW THE GUILT AND SHAME OF ADDICTION STOLE A B.C.'S MAN'S LIFE

She says a lot of it has to do with how the health care system treats addiction... READ MORE›

AS OVERDOSE DEATHS HIT RECORD LEVELS, DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES FACE MASSIVE CUTS

Its 2016 annual report, published last week, which also aggregates data from Turkey and Norway, found the UK also had the highest proportion of heroin addicts... READ MORE›

FIRST INTERNET ADDICTION REHAB CLINIC OPENS IN ALGERIA

Nobody has spontaneously visited us to be cured of internet dependency, only because no one knows about digital addiction... READ MORE›

'VAPING ME IS LIKE SMOKER ME REBOOTED'

I have brought myself to a level of nicotine addiction my younger self wouldn't have got up early enough for... READ MORE›

ANIMAL CAMPAIGNERS IN DESPERATE FIGHT TO SAVE ALCOHOLIC BEARS BLINDED BY ABUSE IN RUSSIA

Animal rights campaigners are fighting to save two blind alcoholic bears in Russia, as rescue centres across Europe turn down offers to take them in... READ MORE›

IS SUGAR REALLY AS ADDICTIVE AS COCAINE? SCIENTISTS ROW OVER EFFECT ON BODY AND BRAIN

Heated debate has greeted an article in a medical journal suggesting sugar should be considered an addictive drug, as experts deride the claims as 'absurd'... READ MORE›

'THERE IS LIFE AFTER DRUGS': A MESSAGE FOR TEENS ADDICTED TO FENTANYL

And Smith has some advice for the Kanata teens who have recently spoken out about their own fentanyl addictions... READ MORE›

WHAT WE LEARNED PHONING EVERY DRUG REHAB FACILITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

The drug is supposed to be the first line of treatment for opioid addiction in B.C... READ MORE›

FACES OF DRUG ADDICTION POLICE MUG SHOTS SHOW DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF METH AND OXYCODONE

The people in the photos are users of cocaine, heroin or oxycodone - a prescription opioid... READ MORE›

CHINESE TEEN CHOPS HAND OFF TO 'CURE' INTERNET ADDICTION

Mr Tao, from the Beijing rehabilitation centre, said even more radical steps were needed... READ MORE›

TEEN'S DEATH AT CHINESE INTERNET ADDICTION CAMP SPARKS ANGER

A Chinese teenager has died days after he was sent to an internet addiction treatment centre, reigniting criticism of these controversial institutions... READ MORE›

'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' HEROIN SKETCH SPARKS OUTRAGE

Do you think the SNL sketch on heroin crossed the line?... READ MORE›

TRUMP CALLS OPIOIDS 'NO GOOD,' URGES PEOPLE NOT TO ABUSE THEM

Most opioid overdose deaths are linked to prescription pain pills, though use of heroin is growing rapidly, accounting for almost 13,000 deaths in 2015, according to NIDA... READ MORE›

BUDGET FALLOUT: EXPERTS FEAR CRIME RATES COULD RISE WITH DOLE DRUG TESTS

Daniel Blacket suffers from bipolar disorder and has struggled with drug addiction since his teenage years... READ MORE›

CHINA BANS ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND BEATINGS AS THERAPY FOR ITS WEB-ADDICTED YOUTH

The Chinese health ministry previously asked all hospitals to stop electrical stimulation for internet addiction, local media reported in 2009... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S FDA CHIEF TAKES WIDE AIM AT OPIOID ADDICTION CRISIS

Most people who become addicted to opioids are medically addicted, Gottlieb said in a wide-ranging interview with Bloomberg in New York... READ MORE›

JAMIE LEE CURTIS SAYS SHE WAS ONCE 'TOXIC' LIKE PRINCE

ET Forget those reports that Percocet was found in Prince's body, says the medical examiner's office investigating the musician's still officially mysterious death... READ MORE›

DESPERATE PARENTS OF DRUG-ADDICTED TEENS TURNING TO OTTAWA GROUP FOR HELP

A grassroots parents' group in Ottawa recently set up to tackle teen opioid drug abuse is now drawing national attention... READ MORE›

ALCOHOL ABUSE CLINIC REDUCING EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS

Alcohol abuse clinic reducing return trips to Ottawa emergency rooms... READ MORE›

OBAMA PUSHES FOR MORE TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION

The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a series of initiatives aimed at curbing America's opioid addiction epidemic... READ MORE›

'ELECTRONIC HEROIN': CHINA'S BOOT CAMPS GET TOUGH ON INTERNET ADDICTS

When Xu opened his school in 1997, internet addicts were few and far between... READ MORE›

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AMY WINEHOUSE CHARITY SETS UP HOME FOR FEMALE RECOVERING ADDICTS

Amy's Place in east London will help women reintegrate into society after quitting alcohol or drugs... READ MORE›

BARRIER TO TREATMENT: GETTING TEENAGE ADDICTS TO ACCEPT HELP CAN BE DIFFICULT

Brent Clark is supervising his daughter Chloe as she waits to get into detox and then the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre... READ MORE›