The programs aim to address drug use from a public health and social justice perspective, rather than a security one.

New research from Dr. Niki Kiepek highlights the urgent need to rethink how substance use is addressed in Canada, moving away ...

A LOCAL drug and alcohol support service has created a BAFTA-nominated animation as part of a new awareness campaign aro...

San Francisco - A new study from the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) is reshaping the public ...

Bouchard said fentanyl is a deadly problem in his community too. On Wednesday, he asked state lawmakers to consider pushing ...

Since the crisis peak in 2017, the county has seen a 52% decrease in overdose deaths, from 570 to 270. And in the last year ...

Internalizing the blame is too isolating, which is why I am constantly seeking to draw strength from other Black mothers confronting this horrible ordeal. I grew up in a middle-class family in a ...

Persistent “stigma” and ignorance is holding back the development of new drugs to treat psychiatric conditions such as depression, according to one of the world’s leading brain scientists.

Perhaps just as important, mental health advocates have greatly reduced the stigma associated with depression through major ...

Under warm strobe lights and pulsing house beats, a recent festival in Mexico City offered more than music, food and booze. Amidst the usual festiv ...

Dr Ronell Williams, a member of the South African Society of Psychiatrists says pregnant women using drugs, tobacco and alcohol need help, not judgment. "If you are worried about stigma or judgement, ...