This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: For most of his life, Joe Hilton has struggled with addiction and ...

Since the 1970s, countless experts and the US government have sold the public a simple explanation for drug addiction, now clinically called substance abuse disorder: the myth of the gateway drug.

DENVER — A weight-loss drug used to treat obesity and diabetes has shown promise to treat another disorder: opioid addiction. Early results from a small clinical trial, presented February 17 at the ...

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 ...

MONTHS AND OLDER. OUR STATE CONTINUES TO BATTLE THE ONGOING DRUG CRISIS. KOAT U-N-M MEDICAL EXPERT DOCTOR RASH TELLS US ABOUT A LOCAL RESOURCE THAT HELPS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION. ACCORDING ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series titled “New Challenges for Health Care.” The series of articles focuses on emerging issues that are facing decision makers at provider ...