A test that uses a cheek swab to assess whether people have an elevated risk of becoming addicted to opioid medications received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week.

young teenager girl hand using mobile phone or smartphone on gray wall background Determining when smartphone use has become an addiction in patients is tricky. Researchers outline what to look for.

A new Bartholomew County Jail addiction treatment coordinator is spending her first months on the job creating a first-ever drug treatment program for jail inmates. Although Bartholomew County Sheriff ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Gardner and the Gardner Community Action Team, in collaboration with Alyssa’s Place Peer Recovery and Support Center, ...

BISMARCK-The North Dakota House approved a bill to require people participating in an employment plan under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to go through addiction screening. House ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - We talk often on the show about “just how prevalent” drugs are in our community and how our young people are being exposed to them more than ever before. That’s why The ...

“I want to be a drug addict when I grow up,” said no child ever. Yet during the past two decades, there has been a meteoric rise in the number of people diagnosed with substance use disorders, as well ...