Along with teaching and telling stories, part of my goal here is to get important information out to those who can benefit most from it. Most drug users who quit "cold turkey" have to go through ...

The holidays involve a lot of heavy drinking which can not only be hard on the body but can be quite mentally draining as ...

Mountainside addiction treatment expert Jana Wu, LCSW, spoke on a sold-out WBUR panel in Boston about the rise of Dry January and the “sober curious” movement.

Many people will be taking part in Dry January, giving up alcohol for the month in hopes of improving their health after the ...

Weed—also known as marijuana or cannabis—is the most commonly used recreational drug in the United States. Approximately 18 percent of all Americans used it "at least once" in 2019, data from the ...

The Duluth Detox Center averages about 2,500 admissions a year to treat alcohol and drug abuse, according to statistics kept by the center. And while some do use the center for temporary shelter, the ...

Promising new research suggests one zen activity could cut the time of opioid withdrawal in half — and it can be done just ...