Recovery

New research finds that an empowering message, emphasizing a person's potential to manage addictions, is much more helpful.

Many sober homes have made the news recently for egregious violations—but the latest federal effort to clean them up may not do much to help.

As news of a second patient entering remission makes headlines, we take a look back at the first time doctors vanquished the virus.

Recovery high schools have been shown to have positive effects on students who struggle with addiction. So why aren't there more of them?

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A new animal-inspired algorithm allows robots to adapt to damage in seconds.

A complicated blend of economics, culture, and infrastructure make it hard to find any right way to restore a city after disaster.

Treatment for teens with drug problems can be stigmatizing and punitive. Advocates say that recovery high schools offer a kinder, less dogmatic, and more effective alternative.

Stories from the 25th anniversary celebration of the nation’s first drug court.

Profits are being used to boost management earnings and pay dividends to stockholders, not improve worker wages.

Why the next few years will look—unfortunately—a lot like the last few years.

One of the biggest differences between this recovery and others that came before is the contraction of government spending and employment.

Homeless and struggling with sobriety, Lillian Imbert faced a choice: Go to useless counseling sessions at New York Service Network or be evicted from her “sober” home. Her story shows how drug treatment clinics and landlords traffic in indigent alcoholics and addicts, all at taxpayer expense.

Evaluating Vivitrol, the newest anti-addiction drug—actually an injectable form of an old pill. It's definitely better than nothing. But is it $1,100 a month better?