You're reading Part 5 of The War on Recovery, a yearlong investigation into how the U.S. denies lifesaving medications to people with opioid addiction. Catch up on ...

When people come into the addiction clinic where I am the chief medical officer, they sometimes hit roadblocks with their treatment. In many of those instances, it’s not the treatment itself that’s the issue. Rather, the person may not be ready to move ...

A new addiction recovery center for women and their children, Fresh Start Family Focused Recovery, has opened in downtown Columbus. The center, run by Volunteers of America, allows women to enter recovery with their children or while pregnant, addressing a ...

Doreen Horstin, manager of San Fran­cisco Public Library’s Park branch, adds a book to the Read to Recovery shelves, which provide free addiction recovery materials to patrons. Photo: Jaime Wong/San Francisco Public Library Then, without checking out ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from being considered for a role like secretary of health ...