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The road to sobriety is jagged and unpaved, with potholes and craters that can make it hard for those traveling on it to move forward.The Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Program at Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, a part of the hospital鈥檚 Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, recently offered its teen and young adult patients a unique treatment method as they try to steer straight.

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More than 150 posters to be presented; counselors are available to comment on mental health topics ranging from substance use and addiction to wellness and self-care and more.

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Researchers at UC San Diego have confirmed the presence of xylazine in the illicit drug supply at the U.S.-Mexico border. While xylazine remains less common in the Western U.S., border cities serve as key trafficking hubs and may have higher rates of emerging substances.

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Teens and adults who started on stimulant medications for ADHD during via telehealth were on the whole no more likely to develop substance use disorders a year later, but young adults age 26-34 did have a higher risk. The findings could inform telehealth policy.

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Researchers at WashU Medicine and Stanford University developed a compound that relieves pain in mice but doesn't affect the brain, thereby avoiding mind-altering side effects and abuse potential. The custom-designed molecule, derived from cannabis, may provide an alternative to opioids for treating chronic pain.

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Neuroscience grads studied how to make opioids safer

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While researchers have long spotlighted the role childhood abuse, poverty, and substance use play in human development, Virginia Tech鈥檚 Jungmeen Kim-Spoon is pulling back the curtain on what actually happens inside the brains of the young adults affected.聽 For the past 10 years,聽Kim-Spoon and her colleague Brooks Casas have co-led a research team that has tracked the brain function of teens.

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People seeking online support for addiction recovery may encounter cynical marketing by the addiction treatment industry that sometimes prioritizes financial gain over clients鈥� health and well-being, according to a study of public discourse around substance use recovery on Twitter.

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The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed opioid medications is associated with a pattern of escalating opioid intake, a new study has found.

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The American Counseling Association, the world鈥檚 largest association representing more than 60,000 professional counselors, will hold its 2025 ACA Conference & Expo March 27-29 in Orlando.

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People who live in rural areas may be benefiting from telehealth as a modality for substance use disorder treatment to a greater extent than their urban counterparts. Meanwhile, people with Medicaid are less likely to use telehealth than those with Medicare Advantage or commercial insurance

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The Rutgers Center for Recovery and Wellbeing, in Plainfield, N.J., opens to provide hope for New Jerseyans trying to escape the cycle of substance use disorders.

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A new editorial in the BMJ suggests that a 22% decrease in overall U.S. drug overdose deaths over 2023/2024 signals that investments in overdose prevention and substance use disorder treatment are working.

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Standardizing an assessment process currently used by doctors during care discussions with veterans at risk for suicide in other context could shed more light on the risks related to firearms and opioids.

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Relapse is common when someone is trying to quit, regardless of whether they鈥檙e giving up opioids or alcohol or cigarettes. To better inform treatment, researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC鈥檚 Addiction Recovery Research Center wanted to better understand how the experience of quitting differed across substances.