For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures a vivid mental image and drives behavior. This ...

"My message is that we're not defined by our past" ...

Addressing drug abuse on campuses requires year-round awareness, support, and engagement, beyond just designated awareness ...

In America, it’s easier to get illegal opioids than to access proven medications to treat opioid addiction. Nearly 8 million people in the United States misuse opioids in a given year. Illicit opioids ...

Early data regarding the use of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy to treat addiction is “very, very, exciting,” Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said Thursday ...

Shifting patterns of illicit drug use and prescription drug abuse indicate that addiction reflects social and cultural conditions at least as much as it does the powers of any substances or of ...

A vast majority of American adults say they have consumed alcohol at some point — yet experts warn that alcoholic beverages could be a "gateway drug" to more harmful substances. More than 84% of ...

Despite a push to expand medication-assisted treatment for drug addiction, wait times in L.A. County jails are leading to ...

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 ...

The Nsokpo Dynamic Association (NDA) in partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and the Nigerian ...