U.S. drug deaths dropped by roughly 40% last year among people under the age of 35. It's a welcome pivot for families and communities devastated by fentanyl.

Cocaine, a drug of abuse, activates just a portion—10% to 20%—of the neurons in the brain's nucleus accumbens, a critical ...

The "opioid crisis" claimed the lives of over 80,000 Americans last year, and that figure was a 27 percent drop on the drug ...

but the pain he masks by using drugs. “I’ve been to detox about eight times, to every program around here,” he said. “But it never worked because the programs treat the addiction, not what you’re ...

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus discusses what addiction is, including what may cause it and how empathy is a ...

My tools include a gun, a Taser, handcuffs and jail – tools that do very little when faced with someone struggling with ...

This is why recent evidence-based literature clearly defines the difference between addiction and physical dependence in drug use. What is the difference between opioid addiction and dependence?

In 2015, the DEA noted that both controlled prescription drugs and heroin abuse were prevalent, with some prescription drug abusers initiating heroin use. By 2020, the situation changed ...

"The operation is important in order to deter the drug abuse in the halfway house, so that it sets an example for others to stop all the drug abuse,” said Chief Warder Edmund Lim Boon Hwee ...

Watch: Upfront with Katie Hannon's discussion on drugs Christine said there needs to be more services offered to help people affected by addiction. "There’s not enough help there for addiction ...

PUTRAJAYA: Drug abuse in Malaysia has reached a critical level and now poses a serious threat to public safety, economic stability and the country’s social structure, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad ...

A small trial of an experimental vaccine designed to stop cocaine reaching the brain suggests that it helps reduce the drug’s use. Over a 32-week trial involving monthly injections, the urine of ...