State Representative Aaron Michlewitz, the House’s budget chief, said half of the $4 million proposal would fund 200 beds in recovery programs for a year.

Renault Shirley remembers the first time he was asked to falsify billing reports for Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center.

Lola Young embracing a tidier lifestyle. The “Messy” singer shared a positive life update after taking a monthslong break from the spotlight in the wake of an onstage medical emergency late last year.

Bryan Davis’ addiction recovery story began in 1999, when he went to his first rehab. Davis, 59, spent 19 years in and out of recovery. “I thought I had it at one point, and then relapsed in 2007, and ...

The FBI announced its investigation of Kentucky-based treatment provider Addiction Recovery Care for potential Medicaid billing fraud in the summer of 2024, but in the ensuing 18 months, there was ...

What’s the most addictive drug? Newly published research indicates that when focusing on persistent drug memory, craving, and addiction, the most addictive illegal drug is cocaine. In contrast, the ...

When: Lancaster City Council meeting, March 10. What happened: Downtown business owners appeared in force to tell council during public comments that disruptive clients of a drop-in drug recovery ...

First-person stories of drug addiction, hope, healing, and recovery. Addiction is a complex and often misunderstood condition. This gripping special provides raw, unfiltered access to first-person ...

Ted Williams, known for his "golden voice," has entered a substance use treatment program at the Dayton VA Medical Center. This is at least his third attempt at addiction recovery since gaining fame ...

Researchers believe that GLP-1 drugs act on reward areas of the brain that are responsible for food cravings, making it possible that they silence cravings for addictive substances. The Conversation — ...

Weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic may become the new frontline warriors in treating and preventing drug and alcohol addiction, a large new study shows. The research, published Wednesday in ...

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 ...