For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

A former drug addict said that ketamine should be a Class A drug as data revealed the number of people being treated in ...

People taking GLP-1 drugs often talk about “food noise” vanishing: the constant mental chatter about food that dominated thei ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is advocating for ibogaine, a psychedelic drug he says could treat addiction and mental health disorders. Here's what to know.

Smoking instead of injecting drugs can reduce harm, but a new study shows opioid smokers are four times as likely to suffer severe burns.

Washington state Democrats’ commitment to enabling drug addiction has reached a new low. Instead of confronting a growing crisis where kids are overdosing or dying in homes riddled with fentanyl and ...

Relapsing after quitting cocaine is not simply a matter of willpower — it reflects physical changes in the brain, according to new research. Scientists have found that repeated cocaine use reshapes ...

Weight-loss jabs could prevent and treat addiction to alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, according to a large study. Experts believe the way the medicines work on the brain’s reward pathway cuts cravings ...

A large epidemiological study of more than 600,000 veterans with diabetes suggests GLP-1 weight-loss medications may reduce drug- and alcohol-related overdoses and deaths ...

The interactive nature of video games makes them uniquely suited to help people understand and recover from addiction.

As a guest on the Imperfectly Perfect Podcast on March 18, Jacob Young came clean about a battle no one knew he was fighting - for a long time, not even his wife. His Difficult Early Years A child of ...