G is a slang term for Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, better known as GHB. It was FDA approved as an anesthetic in the 1960s and ...

In August, DeWine asked the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to designate natural and synthetic forms of kratom as illegal drugs.

Some anti-drug campaigns work, while others are memorable but don't succeed in making people give up smoking or other ...

A new approach, if successful in human trials, could curb addiction while not detracting from the positive feelings of ...

Where does opium come from? The opium poppy grows best in warm, dry climates. Most opium is grown in a long, narrow stretch of mountains in central Asia, an area that starts in Turkey and moves east ...

September is National Recovery Month, a time to draw attention to the nationwide crisis of drug and alcohol abuse and ...

What Is It Like To Be an Addict? Understanding Substance Abuse, by Owen Flanagan, Oxford University Press, 320 pages, $24.99 Addiction is a problem that defenders of liberty need to face, for if ...

As a prosecutor, a politician, and a pundit, Dave Aronberg has opinions — and he wasn’t afraid to share them at a Capital ...

For many individuals in recovery from alcohol and substance addiction, and their families, one of the most pressing questions is: How long is drug rehab? The truth is, there is no definitive answer.

President Trump's executive order on homelessness aims to make it easier for states and cities to get people into mental health or addiction treatment, even if that means involuntary civil commitment.