Alcohol and drug abuse impacts between 15 and 20 percent of the population, and country stars are no exception. A number of ...

Substance addiction is a complex disorder characterized by compulsive drug use. While addiction is difficult to understand, all abused substances share one thing in common - repeated use could ...

While the effects of drugs and alcohol may give you temporary happiness, the long-term effect of these substances on your mental health can have some adverse effects. Here are some potential risks and ...

His research — funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and National Institute on Drug Abuse — has examined topics that range from bar violence ...

The body brokering, drug abuse, human trafficking, insurance fraud, occasional death and general chaos attendant to poorly ...

Singer JoJo, who rose to fame with “Leave (Get Out)” in the early aughts, shared her experience struggling with alcohol and drug abuse in her new memoir Over the Influence.

In disputing the characterization of addiction as a disease marked by compulsive or relapsing use, a few experts have argued that some drug and alcohol users can quit without treatment — and ...

Power in You Project alcohol and other drug (AOD) co-ordinator Jayden Rippon battled addiction from the age of 16. He is now helping others access help in Geelong. “I have been through my own ...

Simon Rubick had lost almost everything to decades of alcoholism and drug addiction. In 2022, he found himself without a vehicle and without a home, which forced his two teenage children to move ...

In 2022, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) reported that 14.4 per cent of Nigerians are involved in drug ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that, in the halls of power, the perception is we’re a bunch of whiners. Relatives of the dead ...