Sure, selling beer at college sporting events may generate a million dollars in revenue, but it will come at a huge cost to the students, their parents, and the community. Colleges should be working to prevent drinking on campus—not taking steps to encourage it.

The number of veterans and military personnel who need treatment is growing, and it is up to all of us to ensure that they get the help they need.

The national debate on health care reform has overlooked an area of vast potential savings—the treatment of substance abuse. Untreated or under-treated substance abusers are world-class consumers of health care dollars; they are repeat customers, who crowd emergency rooms and overwhelm clinics. A recent study by CASA, Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance  more

More than 15 years ago, Joan Hajjar was living on the edge. Homeless and without hope, her daily existence revolved around her next drug or drink. Determined to beat her addiction, she entered Phoenix House in 1993, where she found the tools to reclaim her life. Now serving as director of Phoenix House’s AmeriCorps and  more

Michael Jackson’s premature death has shocked the world. His talent was so transcendent, it’s difficult to understand how his last decades could be so marked by severe drug misuse that it has cut short his life. Those who knew him tell of his physical and psychic pain. But most addicts suffer psychic pain — often  more