Nick Padlo’s addiction to alcohol and drugs didn’t happen overnight. “I was using them as a tool to cope with depression and anxiety,” says the recovered addict and founder of Sophros Recovery in ...

If you want to help a friend or a family member with a drug problem, the most important thing you can do is keep the door open and offer appropriate and much needed support. It also might be the ...

When 2024's provisional overdose data came out earlier this year showing a 27% drop in deaths from 2023 rates, Nabarun Dasgupta felt immense relief. "I felt like I could exhale for the first time in ...

(The Conversation) – 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 ...