For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who ...

Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up before they take their first puff or sip ...

NEW HAMPSHIRE can cut overdose deaths by 70% and save billions in health care costs just by letting pharmacists do something ...

The session emphasized different strategies to initiate buprenorphine, naltrexone, acamprosate, gabapentin, and phenobarbital ...

A coalition of advocacy groups including a leading addiction medicine society and a center-right think tank is pressing the Trump administration with an unlikely request: Use the U.S. DOGE Service ...

Regular use of methadone or buprenorphine prevents people from getting high if they also take heroin or pain killers, says Kelly Clark, president-elect of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

Addiction An Addiction Medicine Pioneer An appreciation of "Dr. Dave," the father of community-based addiction medicine. Updated July 20, 2024 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley ...

Founders' Day recently celebrated the 90th anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous. It incorporates an often untapped aspect of ...

Eligibility for the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program requires a fellow to have satisfactorily completed ACGME-accredited training in one of the 24 primary specialty residency programs. Our ...

But a training program in addiction medicine offered by OHSU is providing help by sharing resources, best practices and collaborative problem solving on complex cases. While most of the people who ...

Addiction medicine providers told members of Philadelphia City Council that addiction treatment options have not caught up to the complex needs of today. FILE: An opioid crisis resource kit containing ...