The stigma associated with opioid drug abuse and overdose deaths has spread to the treatment that has saved thousands of lives. Treatment experts say the harmful attitude aimed at those addicted to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — In April, law enforcement, legal and medical professionals from the city and county levels met to address the ...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— On Friday, a free event in Scranton brought people from all walks of life together ...

A local program suggests the answer to breaking the stigma over addiction recovery and mental illness may be just to go fishing.

The holidays typically include special get-togethers, which might not always be easy to navigate if someone is in addiction recovery. “A doctor told me that if I didn’t make any changes in my life, I ...

People addicted to drugs or alcohol are stigmatized in our society, which can impede their recovery. We cannot readily understand how they are thinking and why they are making the unhealthy choices ...

A woman named Courtney Moniz, known as @TheCourtnologist on most social media platforms, has documented her struggles with addiction and the recovery that comes with substance abuse. Moniz has taken ...

Bias Minimizing Technology Reveals 3 Out of 4 Americans Believe That Society at Large Views Drug and Alcohol Dependent Individuals as Having Moderate, Low, or No Chance of Maintaining Recovery Stigma ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

Based on a recent community meeting to address the proposed variance to the property use at 820 N 30th St, Colorado Springs, (currently the First Evangelical Free Church), and the subsequent reaction ...

Princess Kate Middleton is making a passionate plea to end the “stigma” around addiction. The Princess of Wales marked Addiction Awareness Week in the U.K., which takes place from Sunday, November 23, ...