Doctor offers thoughtful and nuanced answers to difficult questions about how the most popular street drugs affect those ...

Addiction is a deeply personal struggle that affects millions. One of the most frequently asked questions is: Why me? Why do some develop addictions while others do not?

Does Drug Use Lead to Addiction, or Are Some Brains More Prone To Use Drugs? Researchers argue that "we may need to reevaluate the causal assumptions that underlie brain disease models of addiction." ...

A new biochemical approach to combat addiction, developed by researchers at the University of California San Diego and the ...

Let’s divide American drug consumers into two broad categories: those who are addicted to drugs and those who simply use them ...

Researchers believe that alcohol can alter the brain's chemistry and allow people to more easily become addicted to harder substances.

Doctors are urging greater awareness of ketamine’s dangers as addiction rates soar among young people and serious health consequences go unrecognised.

Many experts argue that addiction is, in essence, love gone awry: a singular passion directed destructively at a substance or activity rather than an appropriate person.