Liz Lee, who starred in MTV’s reality series My Life as Liz from 2010 to 2011, shared insight into her sobriety journey, ...

“Family and community support are crucial. They provide emotional support, help maintain accountability and can assist in creating a stable environment for recovery.

Why do so many people relapse after quitting cocaine? A new study from The Hebrew University reveals that a specific ...

At a webinar hosted by the federal Substances and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) last week, a leading cannabis researcher threw cold water on the notion that legalizing marijuana leads ...

Football icon Paul Gascoigne is now at the hospital after collapsing at his home. His hospitalisation highlights an issue ...

Acute alcohol exposure impairs CRF-induced cholinergic activity.

Adolescent vaping has reached epidemic levels, with the CDC estimating that one in four high school students uses ec ...

Two brain dopamine elevating treatments (Varenicline + Bupropion; Varenicline + Placebo) reduce alcohol consumption compared with placebo alone. Effect sizes were largest when Varenicline and ...

“Nicotine is a neuro-stimulant, which makes the user feel relaxed. However, as the body becomes accustomed to the effects, it ...

Because unpleasant withdrawal symptoms fuel nicotine addiction's high relapse rate, targeting their underlying mechanisms with treatments may promote continued abstinence from the drug. In a new ...

A study reveals a brain circuit between the interpeduncular nucleus and the laterodorsal tegmentum that drives nicotine ...