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Missouri has approved three recovery high schools to open in Kansas City, St. Louis and Cape Girardeau. The schools will help ...

Platforms like Reddit, TikTok and YouTube host millions of posts, videos and comments, many filled with slang, sarcasm, ...

Recent master of communications graduate Dan Sweeney has partnered with atTAcK addiction to gather and tell the stories that ...

During January, the county Department of Behavioral Wellness joins the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health ...

Quitting cigarette smoking was associated with a 30% greater likelihood of recovery in individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) compared with continuing to smoke, a large cohort study showed.

Traditionally, the start of a new year has been an incentive for self-improvement for many people. Individuals navigating ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - First Step Recovery, a program of The Village Family Service Center, is expanding its ...

After spending his 20s in and out of prison while addicted to methamphetamines, Darnell Cox found a way to turn his life ...

addiction specialists are uncovering potential links between environmental stress and an increase in substance use.