#addiction

I wanted to escape. So I turned to what I knew best: booze and bumps.

As I approach midlife—including 27 years with HIV—I am choosing my own labels.

How does the FY2018 budget affect HIV and opioid efforts? And what about Planned Parenthood and Obamacare?

Monthly injections of extended-release naltrexone is linked to viral suppression among this population.

As I prepared for my one-man show, it led me to unveil who I was as a gay black man.

“You are sending me to my death!”

This holds particularly true for young people, who have seen rates for each skyrocket in recent years.

Patricia Shelton is a peer educator in New York City.

Indivior’s Sublocade is approved for moderate to severe opioid use disorder.

Nonprescription use of drugs like Vicodin can lead to injection drug use, which raises the risk of hepatitis C and HIV infection.

I believe that I am sober today because I’ve made peace with my HIV status.

Even years after getting clean from drugs, one night from my using days still haunts me. And we have to tell these stories.

“I wanted to remind folks of their divinity and make music that lifted their spirit on bad days.”

Additionally, meth users may combine the drug with heroin to reduce its negative effects.

Hepatitis C advocate Peter McLoyd transformed his bad times into good ones.