The global drug use disorder deaths have more than doubled since 1990, even as new addiction cases declined, highlighting a ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a ...

Global drug-related deaths have more than doubled in the past 30 years, highlighting a growing public health crisis and ...

Researchers have found genes linked to cannabis use and addiction. The discovery shows how biology influences behavior and ...

Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the overdose crisis, there is a woefully insufficient ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...

One of the biggest risks of combining Xanax and alcohol is respiratory depression, a condition that robs your lungs of ...

Substance abuse is a broad term that includes the misuse of alcohol, drugs, and other substances. It is often the precursor to addiction, where the use becomes compulsive and uncontrollable.

The drug semaglutide—licensed for diabetes under Ozempic and weight loss under Wegovy—could help to reduce cocaine addiction. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and the University ...

Some dogs show behaviors towards their toys that resemble behavioral addictions in humans, such as gambling and internet ...

Madelyn Linsenmeir, 30, died after years of battling drug addiction. Madelyn Linsenmeir was a mother, sister and friend, who was "hilarious, and warm, and fearless, and resilient." She was also an ...

The Trump administration has delayed and may cancel roughly $140 million in grants to fund fentanyl overdose response efforts, according to four staff members with close knowledge of the process at ...