Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

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The Trump administration has reportedly slashed federal funding for mental health and addition programs, a move that experts ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...

A new Science paper links the sharp decline in U.S. overdose deaths since 2023 to reduced fentanyl potency, pointing to a ...

Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that ...

A study using Swedish patient data found anti-obesity drugs were linked with fewer hospitalizations related to alcohol use, adding to a body of work suggesting these drugs could potentially be used to ...

For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who struggled with substance abuse could stop if they simply wanted to. But ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...