One in 11 adults over the age of 60 has a substance abuse disorder, according to 2022 data from the American Psychological Association.

Adults with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to misuse prescription drugs as adults without disabilities, according to West Virginia University research. Jeanette Garcia, associate professor at ...

Fewer than 40% of Medicare beneficiaries with opioid-use disorders receive proper care, study finds In 2022, 52,000 Medicare beneficiaries experienced an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for ...

Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise. Overdoses claimed more than 112,000 American lives from May 2022 to May 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a ...