First, as The New York Times warned on the front page in 1971, there was a "G.I. heroin addiction epidemic" in Vietnam. The drug's use was also on the rise in places like New York, where ...

Making drugs illegal simply perpetuates the spiral of shame, stigma and isolation that makes addiction so damaging, says Jan Gerber I am the CEO and co-founder of a leading mental health and ...

In most cases, drug abuse and addiction alienates the individual from both family and community, increasing isolation and interfering with treatment and recovery. As both the family and the ...