Substance use, from alcohol to opioids, is on the rise, as are behavioral addictions, such as gambling, overspending and binge eating. In fact, a May 11 CDC report revealed that drug overdose deaths ...

In a new study, researchers have discovered that paternal nicotine taking is associated with addiction-like behaviors, cognitive deficits, and anxiety-like behaviors in male offspring. Parental ...

(Boston)—Camron D. Bryant, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National ...

Tatum Veatch spent nearly two years as a member of the Full Circle, an enthusiastic sobriety program for teens and young adults. She’s one of 64 people in Kansas and Missouri alleging these groups ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. After Cody Bohanan, 24, was locked up on a charge related to possession of drug paraphernalia in 2021, he told ...

Brown trout can become addicted to the illegal drug methamphetamine when it accumulates in waterways, according to new research. Researchers led by Pavel Horky, a behavioral ecologist from the Czech ...

Several years ago, at Monte Carlo, I watched a giddy woman decked in pearls and diamonds winning all evening at the blackjack table, ultimately collecting stacks of chips worth almost 8,000 euros. At ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An alternative program is helping people get clean from drugs and avoid a return to criminal behavior. Now, other counties are looking to copy the program because of its success.

A molecular switch influences addiction behavior and determines how strong the response to addictive drugs is. A research team made the discovery in mice treated with cocaine. The researchers ...