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For the first time, the World Health Organization will list "gaming disorder" as a behavioral addiction, a controversial move for some.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to require strict limits on the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes, including age verification controls for...
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Within days of an OD from opioids or other drugs, users in Huntington, W.Va., are visited by a quick-response team at home, the hospital or in jail. Reversing an OD is just recovery's first step.
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Six months after hiring former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani’s consulting firm, Purdue Pharma settled a Florida state investigation that had...
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Broward County is about to get more money for programs helping people fight their opioid addictions. The federal government set aside nearly $1 billion to…
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Writer Michael Pollan turns his attention to psychedelic mushrooms and the new science of psychedelics. He joins us.
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Drugs like Valium, Xanax and Ativan are more popular than ever. Frequently used to treat anxiety, the medicines can be risky, especially when mixed with alcohol or opioids.
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Authorities in South Florida have charged more than 60 sober home and drug treatment center operators with health care fraud over the past year and a…
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The psychiatric profession is still divided, but there are treatment programs, apps and a new public campaign to address media overuse.
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The deadline is approaching for Florida’s governor to sign off on a bill aimed at tracking the use of addictive prescription drugs. Some medical…
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In 1980, Dr. Hershel Jick wrote a one-paragraph letter about low rates of addiction among hospitalized patients given narcotics. It was later cited as evidence that long-term opioid use was safe.