addiction

Health By Andrew Joseph

Her husband died by suicide. She sued his pain doctors — a rare challenge over an opioid dose reduction

First Opinion By Matthew Stefanko, Brea Perry and Anne Krendl

A new index measures the extent and depth of addiction stigma

First Opinion By William F. Haning, III

Overdose prevention sites can save lives and promote recovery. We must be willing to try them

Health By John Seewer and Geoff Mulvihill — Associated Press

Purdue bankruptcy settlement leaves families angry, conflicted

First Opinion By William Cooke

Harm-reduction programs acknowledge the difference between ‘do no harm’ and ‘protect from harm’

First Opinion By Dick Durbin

With the tobacco settlement, the U.S. missed its moment to fortify public health. We can’t make that mistake with the opioid settlement

First Opinion By Nora D. Volkow

Punishing drug use heightens the stigma of addiction

Health By Andrew Joseph

States could get billions from opioid lawsuits. They have to decide how to spend it

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: A journalist on what the Vietnam War taught us about addiction

First Opinion By Lauren Aguirre

Lessons learned — and lost — from a Vietnam-era study of addiction

Politics By Lev Facher

Biden to nominate West Virginia’s Rahul Gupta as drug czar 

First Opinion By William Cooke and Gregg Gonsalves

Closing an Indiana county’s syringe services program would be a public health disaster

Health By Lev Facher

Years ago, a syringe exchange helped end a devastating HIV outbreak. Now it might be forced to close

First Opinion By Regina LaBelle, Tom Coderre and Rochelle Walensky

Unlocking federal funding for fentanyl test strips will save lives

Politics By Lev Facher

Do public health officials need to be political activists? A fight over an HIV crisis renews the question

First Opinion By Thomas McLellan and Jacob Crothers

Needed: an Operation Warp Speed for the opioid epidemic

Politics By Lev Facher

Biden administration will allow nearly all providers to prescribe buprenorphine

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Two addiction specialists debunk the myth of ‘excited delirium’ used in police encounters

First Opinion By Marvin D. Seppala

Money from opioid lawsuits is urgently needed now

First Opinion By Jeff Turiczek

Addiction and behavioral health care workers should have access to Covid-19 testing and vaccines

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

As the pandemic ushered in isolation and financial hardship, overdose deaths reached new heights

Health By Lev Facher

Trump administration will let nearly all doctors prescribe addiction medicine buprenorphine

First Opinion By Eric McIntire

Peer recovery programs are an integral part of addiction treatment, recovery

First Opinion By Sean Fogler

As a physician and a patient, I’ve seen the damage caused by the stigma of addiction. It must end

First Opinion By Richard Bottner, Christopher Moriates and Matthew Stefanko

Stigma is killing people with substance use disorders. Health care providers need to rid themselves of it