Binge drinking among Americans over 50 jumped 19% between 2005 and 2014. Binge drinking is booming — among boomers. In fact, more than one in

There was a point where I didn’t want to live.’ Social media sensation and viral video star Tiffany Jenkins has long been up front about

Individuals can really shock their systems if they try to stop taking Xanax altogether without weaning off it. When a person is abusing this drug,

There were chores to do that Sunday morning and Becky Savage had started them. She was plucking up pieces of clothes strewn about the house

Deadly breathing problems? Yup, that’s one. “Everyone likes Xanax,” says Philip R. Muskin, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and a

“Our office will do everything in its power to combat this epidemic, from street-level dealers to the executives who illegally distribute drugs from their boardrooms.”

The U.S. surgeon general’s office estimates that more than 20 million people have a substance-use disorder. Meanwhile, the nation’s drug overdose crisis shows no sign