Nebraska researchers are focusing on the special challenges of preventing and treating drug abuse and addiction in rural ...

Prescription drug addiction is an escalating crisis that disproportionately affects women, leading to severe health consequences and devastating impacts on their lives. This issue — often overshadowed ...

Gambling addiction represents one of the most destructive forces that can tear through family structures, creating widespread damage that often spans generations. While it may begin innocuously, ...

Government-supported syringe exchange programs underscore the importance of prevention in averting the consequences of ...

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 ...

Students at Penn State Berks learned more about the effects of opiate addiction and the stigma attached to it Tuesday night. Students at Penn State Berks learned more about the effects of opiate ...

A non-intoxicating compound in cannabis could offer a breakthrough treatment for alcohol use disorder. New research shows CBD ...

People in addiction recovery can be liable to disown their addiction, which makes sense, but it also leaves them from ...

Clinical trials and equitable care pathways are needed to build on early evidence of benefit Substance use disorders (SUDs) are common and burdensome for patients, families, and health systems,12 yet ...

New research suggests the weight-loss medications could be powerful tools in tackling substance use disorders.

Research suggests the drugs have potential for prevention and harm reduction in substance use disorders, writes Ziyad Al-Aly People taking glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists often ...

While sex can become compulsive and problematic for some people, there is little research on love as a true addiction.