By Tarun Sai Lomte From laboratory models to small human trials, a new review explores whether popular metabolic drugs could ...

One of the most powerful illusions in addiction is functionality. People continue working, parenting, socializing, and paying bills, which becomes evidence that nothing is wrong. Crisis is treated as ...

Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.

The weight-loss drugs are linked with reduced rates of excess drinking and opioid overdoses, suggesting they may tamp down substance use cravings... Ozempic shows promise for alcohol and drug ...

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug ...

Huml Health, a Bentonville-based health care technology startup, will soon offer technology to help people recover from drug ...

The MHRA has strengthened addiction warnings for Z-drugs, benzodiazepines, and gabapentinoids after a review found risks of ...

People often joke that their favorite snack is "like crack" or call themselves "chocoholics" in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...

A RECOVERING addict whose nose collapsed due to his drug use reckons you could “probably get a bag of cocaine delivered to ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Live from WYFF 4 studios, Chronicle: State of Addiction was a community event that featured law enforcement and addiction specialists answering viewer questions and discussing issues and solutions ...

We’ve all said it, even if we regret it: “There’s always room for dessert.” Turns out, there is a scientific explanation for ...