"I will say this, that President Trump in 2017 was the first president to stand up and declare the addiction crisis either a national emergency or a public health emergency," said Synan ...

In writer and poet Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay’s 2010 poem “Misfit,” the speaker of the poem notes that other people often ostracize him for his differences. But he doesn’t care ...

When the Trump administration cut more than $11 billion in covid-era funds to states in late March, addiction recovery programs suffered swift losses. An Indiana organization that employs people ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and emphasized that young ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The director of the National Institutes of Health gave a ringing endorsement to the nation’s top addiction researcher, Nora Volkow ...

Dear Eric: I am 57, and I am the fourth of five siblings. My adolescent years were marked by loneliness, fear, bullying from others because of my weight and anxiety. I had no outlet to express ...

These poems, along with countless others, serve as beacons of hope and inspiration, reminding us that we all have a role to play in creating a sustainable future. By embracing the messages ...

The average active user dies of an overdose in about 10 years, and Amanda’s opiate addiction was going on year 11. She believed her only chance to stay sober was to take away the possibility of ...

But this “club drug” is often misused. However, researchers are now looking at whether there might be some benefits in the fight against addiction. Ketamine was linked with better outcomes ...

SELF-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate's ex-girlfriend has revealed the cringe-worthy poems he used to write her. It comes after Brianna Stern accused the toxic influencer of sexual assault last ...

By Tas Tobey Tas Tobey is on the staff of the Book Review and is studying poetry in the M.F.A. program at the City College of New York. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...