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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. Researchers analyzed four waves of data (2013-2023) from ...

Recent master of communications graduate Dan Sweeney has partnered with atTAcK addiction to gather and tell the stories that support substance use recovery. The organization’s resource center in Bear, Delaware, is a space for community outreach and a first stop for those seeking recovery information.

Missouri has approved three recovery high schools to open in Kansas City, St. Louis and Cape Girardeau. The schools will help support students with their recovery from substance use while they earn their high school degree.

Platforms like Reddit, TikTok and YouTube host millions of posts, videos and comments, many filled with slang, sarcasm, regional language or emotionally charged stories. Analyzing this content manually is time-consuming, inconsistent and virtually impossible to do at scale.

After spending his 20s in and out of prison while addicted to methamphetamines, Darnell Cox found a way to turn his life around – helping others in recovery along the way.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - First Step Recovery, a program of The Village Family Service Center, is expanding its substance use treatment services with the launch of a new Adolescent Addiction Recovery Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) beginning in February.

In 2019, Jeremy C. spent his days roaming the streets of Las Vegas and frequenting its underground tunnels, a sprawling system of dark storm drains that, while designed to protect the desert city from flash floods,

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