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The latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders recognizes only two types of addiction: gambling and substance-use disorders. Lumping together addictive substances into ...

A team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), and the University of Virginia (UVA) is now on the verge of developing a promising ...

(WXYZ) — The pharmaceutical company Vertex revealed promising data on an experimental drug that could be a potential non-addictive alternative to opioids. The ...

Facebook is running ads for an addictive drug that’s banned in numerous countries, in yet another situation that underlines the spotty content moderation on the social media platform. In America, ...

New research out of Stanford University suggests erasing memories associated with opioid addiction could eliminate the triggers that lead to drug cravings and relapse into addiction. A fascinating ...

Where does opium come from? The opium poppy grows best in warm, dry climates. Most opium is grown in a long, narrow stretch of mountains in central Asia, an area that starts in Turkey and moves east ...

A highly addictive cheap drug called kush, originating in Sierra Leone, is rapidly spreading in West Africa, according to a report by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime ...

Additionally, she aims to address another fundamental question in addiction research: whether the same network-specific mechanisms underlie the seeking of all drug rewards. "All drugs of abuse share ...