IT has been advised that drugs may promise a shortcut to paradise, but they inevitably lead takers down a destructive highway. This saying should serve as a deterrent to people who abuse drugs ...

By deepening our understanding of how drugs act at the genetic, molecular, physiological, and brain-circuit levels, we can develop more targeted and effective treatments for addiction and other ...

A poison and drug center in New Mexico is the only one nationwide to offer addiction support for substance abuse.

What’s driving the permanent crisis of drug addiction? To express the ambient feeling that “things are getting worse,” there exists, of course, a meme. It plots iterations of a chart, and on ...

U.S. drug deaths dropped by roughly 40% last year among people under the age of 35. It's a welcome pivot for families and communities devastated by fentanyl.

Addiction is a long-term condition, like asthma, diabetes, or high blood pressure. Of course, the goal is to stop using drugs or alcohol completely and not relapse. But when you see your addiction ...

In most cases, someone who relies on alcohol and drugs will continue to be in denial about their addiction until their problems become impossible to ignore.

The field of addiction medicine often butts into societal perceptions about drug use. Study suggests a new gradual approach to fighting addiction.

An enlightening new report has revealed the states that have been hit the hardest by America's drug addiction epidemic. About 100,000 Americans are now dying from drug overdoses every year ...

While prosecutors are using Hunter Biden’s searing 2021 memoir of addiction and recovery as a rich seam of evidence in his federal gun trial, the book has shot up the Amazon sales charts. After ...