When she was in her 40s, Jenny Teeters had a serious drinking problem that she hid behind her professional success. At one point, she managed a high-six-figure tech job, raised two teen girls, ...

Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of ...

Mary started drinking regularly in the early nineties, when she was thirteen. Her father had recently married a Danish woman and moved the family to Denmark, which has one of the highest teen-drinking ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday announced that his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and substance abuse in eight ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will invest $100 million to improve homelessness, opioid addiction and public safety, it announced Monday. The department's initiative is dubbed ...

It was Easter Sunday 2022, and Shane was supposed to be at his dad’s house in Westchester, New York. The family would sit down to eat at 1 p.m. — the exact same time as first pitch in a low-stakes, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order ...

Washington — President Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse. According to a White House fact sheet, the ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The disease of addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a crisis that touches families in every community and neighborhood in our Nation. 48.4 million ...

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