Despite a push to expand medication-assisted treatment for drug addiction, wait times in L.A. County jails are leading to ...

The Supreme Court Thursday curbed the power of the federal government to disarm a frequent marijuana user, limiting the scope ...

The justices sided with a Texas gun owner who faced criminal charges after admitting to marijuana use argued that a federal ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Until we stop framing all drug use and every overdose as problems of “addiction” and “substance use disorders,” we ...

There’s a renewed push to legalize overdose prevention centers on Beacon Hill, with advocates touting supervised drug use as harm prevention. That depends on how one defines harm. At these centers, ...

Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

The latest proposals from a state advisory committee on substance use recovery to take over drug distribution for addicts to provide a “safer supply” and even help drug dealers find new jobs are a ...

Since 2021, New Yorkers have been rightly puzzled by OnPoint NYC, the “safe injection” sites where hard-drug addicts shoot up under medical supervision. After all, drugs like fentanyl and heroin are ...

Does compulsory drug treatment even work? That was the challenge on critics’ minds last week after New York City mayor Eric Adams announced a new proposal to compel the city’s addicts into treatment.