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President Barack Obama signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act bill into law Friday by, according to a Reuters report. 2. Under the new law, the federal government and every state must ...

The assumption that parents of young children need only be offered services and support in order to keep their children safe ...

WASHINGTON — Despite protests and high drama over the level of money the federal government will spend fighting heroin addiction and prescription pain pill abuse, Democrats lost their battle this week ...

The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act bill was passed in a 92-2 vote by the Senate Wednesday, The New York Times reported. Although bipartisan disagreements over funding temporarily stalled ...

Addiction is a widespread issue that affects millions of people around the world. In fact, according to the World Health Organization, over 39.5 million people globally suffer from substance use ...

As the opioid epidemic continues to cause suffering for millions of Americans, the United States government is responding in many different ways. In 2016, lawmakers passed the Comprehensive Addiction ...