The panel will reportedly be chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kathryn Burgum.

For more than a half century, Project Turnabout has helped those struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in southwest Minnesota. In recent years, the Granite Falls-based provider has been on the ...

Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, often hears the same myth: You can't get hooked on pot. And the misconception has become more widespread as a growing number of states legalize marijuana. Around half now ...

When you read about addiction statistics in our community, our country and around the world, you may think, “well, that’s a lot of people who made pretty bad decisions.” That is, if you’re one of the ...

I recently had a family, minus the mother, come to see me. They were greatly concerned, and rightfully so that Mom was “using”. Mom is indeed addicted to opiates and other narcotics that have kept her ...

I was in the bath trying to get warm, surrounded by needles, screaming to God for help. I thought, “I’m going to be dead soon”. This chapter of my life had begun when I was 15. That was when I met an ...