For as long as the federal government has worked to support substance use treatment, it has operated on a simple premise: Addiction medicine’s objective is to help people using drugs stop — completely ...

I can't even think of how many times I've heard the notion that complete, total, abstinence should be the only goal for all people who abuse drug or alcohol. This idea is so pervasive that most ...

In patients with stimulant use disorder (SUD), even slight reductions in drug use can lessen depression and reduce cravings, a new analysis showed. Abstinence has long been the overall goal of SUD ...

In the multifaceted journey of overcoming addiction and living a healthier life, individuals often encounter a psychological phenomenon known as the abstinence violation effect (AVE). It sheds light ...

More younger Americans are shunning alcohol while embracing cannabis, ketamine and psychedelics, shaking up the field of addiction medicine. Tiffany Fede said her experiences after the death of her ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook With drinking so deeply embedded into American culture, total abstinence is unrealistic. People ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories on housing and addiction. You can read the first story here. Ann Benrud has lived happily in her St. Paul home for 26 years. The house next door is a ...

Data from nearly 6000 smokers with cancer show that it may be easier to predict who will stop smoking than was previously thought. It is often important to get cancer patients to quit smoking, but it ...