With substance use, it can be difficult for young people to recognize when casual experimentation begins to lean further into addiction. This is where youth-focused treatment programs become ...

When you think of tools for studying substance use and addiction, a social media site like Reddit, TikTok, or YouTube probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Yet the stories shared on ...

Victor Hugo, in Les Misérables, refers to the city's sewer system as the "conscience of the city," where the waste products of society are gathered, bringing all secrets to light. Today, analyzing ...

This week we welcome a new member to the Growing Community team — Kayla Bailey, director of the Aspen-Pitkin Healthy Community Coalition — and with her, the chance to look even more closely at some of ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

At least half of everyone with eating disorders abuses alcohol or illicit drugs, five times more than people without eating disorders. Conversely, more than a third (35 percent) with substance use ...