The more flexible approach some doctors are taking clashes with traditional views of how to treat people with addiction.

One of the most powerful illusions in addiction is functionality. People continue working, parenting, socializing, and paying ...

One such evening about four years ago, Charmyra Harrell arrived there limping, her right leg swollen and covered in sores.

Kevin Alter created "The Addict's Diary" so that people would have a place online to share their failures, successes, and lessons they have learned throughout their path to recovery from addiction.

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

Is addiction a choice or a disease? A psychiatrist explains how repeated substance use changes brain reward and ...

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often ...

GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide) class diabetes and obesity treatments such as ‘Wegovy’ and ‘Mounjaro’ are generating sequential clinical data suggesting they may also aid in treating alcohol, tobacco, ...

Often prescribed to treat conditions such as pain, insomnia and anxiety, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has decided that gabapentinoids, benzodiazepines and z-drugs ...

On May 27, The Daily Star reported that detectives had claimed to have seized LSD, an extremely potent hallucinogenic drug, for the first time in the country during a raid in Dhaka.