In a Q&A, NIH addiction chief Nora Volkow speaks about RFK Jr.'s policy shake-ups, 12-step recovery limits, and why overdose ...

Nearly 50 million over the age of 12 reportedly have substance use disorders​, which can include addictions to alcohol or ...

Medications can help people quit drinking, smoking, or using heroin, but relapse is common, and there’s no effective medical remedy for addiction to stimulants like cocaine. “It’s very ...

Andrew Drury, 42, was found unresponsive in the intake room of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Sunday afternoon.

From China to Brazil to Germany, huge numbers of people are addicted to shopping, driven in part by companies that use gaming ...

Knoxville distributed money to organizations that address overdoses, coordinate recovery programs and eliminate illegal drug ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced ...

But a new study links the proliferation of this type of betting to a rise in the number of people who might be addicted to gambling. A study published last month in the peer-reviewed JAMA Internal ...

Arizona bill expanding drug addiction resources, to allow holding people for five-day detox I guess this was inevitable.

A new study by University of California San Diego medical researchers shows there has been a dramatic increase in those looking into help for gambling addiction since a landmark Supreme Court ...