The Friends of Recovery Community Outreach Center in Fulton, Oswego County, is on a mission to break the stigma surrounding substance abuse by combining unique approaches with existing recovery ...

Medical students harbor stigma against patients with substance abuse disorders, study suggests Incoming medical students have a greater knowledge of opioid overdose than the general public but still ...

Las Vegas star and former “America’s Got Talent” semifinalist Murray SawChuck, a master at blending humor with illusion, is bringing some much-needed comic relief and awe to Stand Up Against Stigma, a ...

International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held every Aug. 31 to raise awareness about overdose and reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths. The opioid and heroin epidemic has claimed ...

Nebraska researchers are focusing on the special challenges of preventing and treating drug abuse and addiction in rural ...

This month’s mass overdose in West Baltimore underscored the need to expand drug treatment and harm reduction services, addiction specialists say. But efforts to build out services addressing the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A local woman is speaking out about addiction after losing her father to an overdose. She says the stigma of drug use labeled them the black sheep of the family. She wants to ...

HOOKSETT, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopefuls called for a more compassionate discussion around drug addiction Tuesday, with emphasis on substance abuse as a curable disease, not a moral failing.

January 2026 marks the end of British Columbia’s three-year pilot program to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs, a move intended to address the west coast Canadian province’s ...