Strong Bridge centre in Bujumbura has helped hundreds of young people recover since it opened its doors in 2021.

Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...

Minneapolis leaders on Thursday announced a new effort to combat open-air drug use and drug dealing in parts of the city, ...

When most people hear the word addiction, they picture someone whose life has visibly unravelled. Yet addiction is often ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

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Synthetic drugs currently account for 73% of drug abuse cases in the country, posing an increased risk of "dual diagnosis" ...

Since 2021, New Yorkers have been rightly puzzled by OnPoint NYC, the “safe injection” sites where hard-drug addicts shoot up under medical supervision. After all, drugs like fentanyl and heroin are ...

Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy already had a lengthening laundry list of physical health benefits, but now they’re increasingly showing promise as treatments for neuropsychological conditions as well.

As Mayor Jacob Frey pledges a crackdown at open-air drug markets in Minneapolis, WCCO found brutal honesty about the ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have long helped people eat less — now, they’re showing promise in helping people crave less. A new analysis of records from over 600,000 diabetic veterans found that GLP-1 ...

There are good reasons for upholding the addiction standard even as the court struck down the ban on gun ownership for ...