Federal health officials agree that our nation is suffering from a prescription drug epidemic, and they want the American medical community to stop treating common ailments with highly addictive painkillers. Read more

If you’ve started to realize that you have a problem with drugs or alcohol, that’s the first step to recovery. Read more

Think about tragic celebrity deaths by overdose, like Cory Monteith and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Read more

You may be using opiates and not even know it. Prescription drugs like Vicodin, morphine, or codeine are opiates, and when used properly, they can be helpful for controlling pain, severe diarrhea, and acute coughing. Read more

When you think of a heroin addict, who do you picture? A pale, gaunt, young rock star? Read more

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, painkiller overdoses now account for more than twice the deaths as cocaine and five times as many as heroin—partially because they’re thought to be safer than street drugs and partially because they’re so popular with teenagers. Read more

Addiction is common in people with mental health disorders. Sometimes it’s hard to determine which came first, the substance abuse or the mental health issue. Read more