Two years ago, Santa Barbara resident Craig Abbey’s now 22-year-old son decided to buy kratom leaf tea. He had some wrist ...

I was recently interviewed in a CNN piece covering the continued controversy over sex addiction, and I noticed something: everyone interviewed in the article is white. Not just white, but educated, ...

The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a chronic disease affecting brain reward, motivation, and memory systems, creating compulsive cravings for substances or behaviors that ...

The fact is, the world we live in is drenched with numerous addictive substances. And just like it is for most people, the first step to fighting addiction problems starts with the individual. Turning ...

For decades, the face of addiction was painted with a broad, mostly male brush. Rough around the edges. Down and out. That narrow image lets a lot of women slip through the cracks, especially ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Products containing kratom and a related substance called 7-hydroxymitragynine are readily available in Hawaii stores despite growing concerns about addiction and calls for ...

The New Hampshire Council for Responsible Gaming is launched to address the growing problem of gambling addiction as the state's casino industry rapidly expands.

Big addiction treatment “campuses” aren’t allowed in residential neighborhoods without special permits. But providers in California get around that by clustering many small homes together — one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cocaine is seen on the tip of a pocket knife. One in 10 people in Germany has an addiction problem, the German Centre for ...

Treatment for sex addiction, and sexual behavior problems at large, are rarely covered by health insurance, much less by Medicaid or public sector funding. As a result, the majority of professional ...