British Columbians are heading to Thailand for addiction treatment, driven by a public health system stretched to its limits ...

In addition to reclassifying some misdemeanor crimes to felonies, Proposition 36 also opens the door to pushing defendants ...

The government is preparing to trial a medically-assisted treatment programme to help heroin users who want to quit the drug.

The opioid agonist drug to be used in the pilot scheme is methadone, a syrup that is taken once a day. OAT programs usually offer it alongside other forms of assistance, such as counselling or therapy ...

Of the 91 referrals, 19 went through the new Portland deflection center between its Oct. 14 opening and the end of the month, ...

San Francisco's health department, at times criticized for not doing enough to encourage people to go into drug treatment ...

To combat the negative stigma of the treatment, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Addiction ...

"Arrowwood Addiction Treatment Center offers detox, residential and partial hospitalization. For each client, they will have ...

Red Deer city council has unanimously approved a development permit for a new addictions treatment trailer in the Railyards ...

LITTLE ROCK — The drug methadone, commonly used to treat opioid addiction by detoxification and maintenance, requires daily ...

Narcotics Anonymous and Salvation Army are often hostile to use of the addiction medications buprenorphine and methadone.