The term “addiction” is often used to refer to a clinical diagnosis of a substance use disorder; a state characterized by an intense motivation to consume ...

Sometimes, homeless people — a population that the report found suffer from depression and anxiety at high rates — turn to drugs as a coping mechanism. Other times, many homeless people, fearing for ...

Teens should be provided with complete information about drug abuse and its perils, so that they have a better opportunity to ...

It’s doing something that sounds like it’s from a sci-fi novel: creating virtual reality clones of patients for interactions.

Celebrities with addiction often live their lives (and sometimes die tragically) in the public arena. Yet some have shown ...

The typical adult in the UK spends nearly two hours on social media per day. And for younger users, this can easily be up to ...

A South Florida intensive care unit nurse was arrested after she allegedly stole drugs including fentanyl from the hospital ...

Knowledge is power for family members, for communities, for health care providers, and for the men and women — sons and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN)— There’s a homeless encampment in southeast Austin that is drawing ... with addiction and mental health, or there needs to be a crackdown on the people supplying the drugs.

Despite comments made by a Novo Nordisk official this week, the company confirmed to BioSpace that it has no additional clinical trials of its GLP-1 drugs in addiction beyond a ... therapies like LSD ...

A new U.S. Food and Drug Administration-funded clinical trial expected to begin this summer seeks to provide more insight into kratom’s potential for abuse by comparing the leaf’s draw to that ...

Owner of Gold Coast Pharmaceutical Support Matthew Frankland, who runs clinics in Mermaid Beach, Southport and Brisbane, said more and more people were becoming dependent on the drugs.