“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office has introduced a grant-funded opioid addiction education course, using money received ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It’s the first Sunday of Lent, a time when many Christian believers choose to temporarily give something up for the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter. However, a ...

I just returned from the West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders, where I spoke about “Harnessing Ketamine: A New Frontier in Addiction Therapy.” My goal—then and now—is not to dethrone 12-step ...

DEAR ERIC: I am in a 12-step program. We have rules about anonymity and confidentiality, specifically that what is shared in a meeting stays at the meeting, and I trust that this applies to ...