One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and ...

It is not a good era for prohibitionists. Cannabis – which has frequently been the object of unsound laws and discriminatory enforcement – is increasingly being decriminalized or legalized in many US ...

Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In 2016, Rachel Winograd began to see methadone patients who relapsed or left the treatment program where she ...

Lenore A. Kola, PhD, of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University has co-authored an editorial that encourages lawmakers and other policymakers to abandon harsh ...

The conversation about addiction within Black families requires a fundamental shift toward understanding it as a medical condition rather than a moral failing. This perspective change proves crucial ...

For much of his life, Nick Reiner’s struggle with addiction played out in cycles. There were repeated stints in rehab, stretches of homelessness, medical emergencies and volatile behaviour that put ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...