“Recoverytok” is a corner of TikTok where people of all ages and backgrounds post videos about their efforts to overcome ...

Pointing to Ozempic as a paradigm shift, an elite rehab center is experimenting with GLP-1s to tame many forms of addiction.

Research shows that the brains of those who use drugs are substantially different than those who don't, well before drugs are ...

Six years later, the result is “Young Firecrackers,” a five-part memoir written by Rehn and four of his high school friends who survived addiction: Ashley Mercurio, Ryan Bernstein, Andrew Theriot and ...

A bevy of new research is throwing light on how the brain engages in self-destructive compulsive drug-seeking behaviour, and thus on the problem with characterising addiction as a moral failure.

There’s new hope for people struggling with an addiction to cocaine. In clinical trial results released today, an experimental drug initially developed by Novartis was found to reduce cocaine ...

Chronicle: State of Addiction explores the grip of drug addiction through voices at the forefront of the fight.

The 10th annual Opioid Symposium featured three people's experiences with drug addiction and Hall of Famer Larry Little whose brother abused drugs.

For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

The ‘gold standard’ of drug treatment saves lives. California is pushing for more access in jails A sweeping health plan aims to reduce overdose deaths in prisons by making opioid addiction ...

LOS ANGELES—America’s drug crisis has many survivors. Jerry Schlesinger, 72, is among the longest tenured. He tried heroin at 15. Today, he has been sober for two years. In between, decades of ...

Early data suggests GLP-1 drugs, renowned for their ability to assist in weight loss, may have a powerful effect on treating addiction.