Research hints that medications like Zepbound and Wegovy could provide new ways to treat opioid and alcohol abuse.

Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior. With drug addiction, you can’t resist the urge to use them. If you’re worried that you or a loved one may have an addiction ...

Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive drive to take a drug despite serious adverse consequences. This aberrant behaviour has traditionally been viewed as bad 'choices' that are made voluntarily ...

The U.S. drug overdose epidemic is a “clear and present public health, public safety, and national security threat." ...

A recreational drug called “pink cocaine” is getting attention and causing confusion since it doesn't typically contain cocaine.

The DEA's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will commence this Saturday, Oct. 26, an opportunity for folks to rid ...

It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain.It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the ...

But what addiction may come down to for everyone is the emotional and physical appeal of a substance at a particular moment in a person’s life. The effects of drugs are pleasurable and rewarding ...

As local leaders told Fox News, many of these unhoused individuals have been ravaged by addiction, driven by drugs like fentanyl and xylazine, also known as "tranq." Vermont itself has seen a 500% ...

Meditation and taking walks with her 10-year-old son help to calm the battle now, but she's still struggling to finally quit her decades-long drug addiction. Windsor shelter closer to adding ...

Newly published research is the latest to suggest that semaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs can help treat people’s addiction to both opioids and alcohol. GLP-1 drugs have been a valuable treatment ...

Addiction hits closer to home than many of us might realize. According to the 2023 United States National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 48.5 million Americans over the age of 12 — that is ...