In September 2024, CNN reported that misuse of laughing gas (nitrous oxide, N₂O) is a popular method for some young people to ...

“In every case I have worked with, the addiction is a response to one of two things: a concretely traumatic experience, or an ...

Scientists have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that explains how drugs like methamphetamine and PCP impair cognitive ...

More than 48 million Americans age 12 and older have battled a substance abuse problem in the past year, whether it be with ...

Growing awareness of how addiction and trauma are intertwined has birthed a new generation of treatment strategies.

Patients with opioid use disorder who receive higher doses of a drug to treat their addiction are more likely to ...

Understanding the true extent and damage that drugs cause ... it’s a good idea to provide as many outlets for those who are ...

As access to buprenorphine improves, so does our understanding of pediatric addiction. This has led to new ways to use ...

Esketamine (Spravato) was the first new depression treatment in decades. It brought depressed people hope. It also brought ...

Dr. Sarah Wakeman, senior medical director for substance use disorder at Mass General Brigham, said that 24 million Americans ...

Panelists at the Drug Abuse Foundation of Palm Beach County discussed how race altered the nation's responses to the crack ...

The Wayne County commissioners heard stories of recovery from people helped by the free services of the county Drug & Alcohol ...