The White House’s strategy for tackling the drug and addiction crisis, released this week, sets lofty public health goals but ...

Addiction medicine offers a useful framework. Many people use substances without developing addiction. The difference often ...

The medication, typically used for weight loss or diabetes treatment, is showing promise curbing cravings for alcohol and ...

Washington — President Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse. According to a White House fact sheet, the ...

Having succumbed to Britpop excess, the now sober – 6,854 days and counting – Secret Drug Addict is on a mission to help others escape the cycle of addiction. He talks to Stuart Clark about his new ...

First-person stories of drug addiction, hope, healing, and recovery. Addiction is a complex and often misunderstood condition. This gripping special provides raw, unfiltered access to first-person ...

The number of opioid-involved drug overdose deaths in 2023 decreased for the first time in five years. Minnesota health officials say 54 people have died from suspected drug overdoses in just the ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound are prescribed for weight loss, diabetes, and blood-sugar management. But as more people use them, patients are reporting a decrease in cravings for ...

Prescription weight loss drugs have been lauded as the miracle drug for treating diabetes and obesity, but new research suggests that these drugs, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor ...

I recently had a family, minus the mother, come to see me. They were greatly concerned, and rightfully so that Mom was “using”. Mom is indeed addicted to opiates and other narcotics that have kept her ...

Addiction science is at an impasse. Rates of addiction remain high. Translational results from decades of research conducted within the dominant brain disease paradigm are shockingly meager. Meanwhile ...