Addiction can affect anyone, regardless of background, education, or income. It often starts subtly—using alcohol to unw ...

What is addiction, and how can we stop it? The complexities of addiction have stumped scientists for decades. Today, with 48 million Americans over the age of 12 suffering from a substance use ...

This story is part of The Trip, a CPR News series on Colorado’s new psychedelic movement. Read more here. A psychedelic drug that comes from the iboga shrub in Central Africa is among those ...

People with addiction are addicted to changing the way that they feel. Both drugs of abuse and addictive behaviors reliably and predictably change the way a person feels by stimulating the reward ...

Recently, the term “dopamine detox” has become quite popular across platforms like YouTube and TikTok. This theory suggests that by steering clear of stimulating activities like social media, video ...

Matt Field receives research funding from the Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Alcohol Change UK, and the Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling. He is a trustee of ...

Shahroo Izadi is a behavioural change specialist. She was previously a relapse management coach at Amy’s Place, the recovery house established by the Amy Winehouse Foundation for women overcoming drug ...

A vaccine in development would be the first proactive treatment for overdose and fentanyl addiction, if approved. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Addiction isn’t always chaos. More often, it’s repetition, concealment, and a slow erosion of choice that feels almost invisible while it’s happening. When people describe being trapped in addiction, ...

The country's main mental health agency, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, commonly known as SAMHSA, is in the process of being dissolved. It has lost more than a third of its ...