Want to tackle addiction? Legalise all drugs

Making drugs illegal simply perpetuates the spiral of shame, stigma and isolation that makes addiction so damaging, says Jan ...
WREG.com on MSN

Ex-addict launches nonprofit to fight drug abuse in Mid-South

Drug addiction continues to plague Memphis and the Mid-South. For years, the monster of drug addiction consumed Ben Owen. “I ...
The New York Times

An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...
PBS

Recounting heroin addiction and spiritual awakening, RFK Jr. urges focus on prevention and community

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and ...
The New York Times

It Was a Promising Addiction Treatment. Many Patients Never Got It.

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...
Science Daily

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic may also curb drug and alcohol addiction

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in ...
FOX13 Memphis

Massive drug bust highlights county's lack of resources to treating drug addiction

TRUMANN, Ark. - It's being called one of the biggest drug busts in the history of northeastern Arkansas: The FBI announced on Tuesday the indictments of 21 people accused of distributing ...