Lamar Odom’s journey from a near-fatal 2015 overdose to recovery highlights the harsh realities of addiction. Featured in ...

For people with an addiction, craving—the strong desire for a substance—can affect their decision-making, new research shows.

Addiction treatment is not the same for everyone. What works for one person may not work for another. That’s where genetic ...

Why do stressful moments so often push people toward habits like drinking? A new study from Texas A&M University offers one ...

Matthew Masiewicz, 53, pleaded guilty this year to five of the 13 charges he faced. “I deny nothing,” he said in court.

The president of Wisconsin's largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations from local ...

India, March 29 -- A large share of the inherited risk for substance use disorders may stem from genes that influence broader brain functions-such as how people respond to rewards, control impulses, ...

Emily Jeffcot, one of the lawyers for the plaintiff, on why this trial was so significant - and what happens next ...

Compounds in psychedelic drugs like DMT, psilocybin, and psilocin are naturally produced in certain plants, fungi, and ...

By Daniel DickinsonThe ongoing crisis in the Middle East is exposing a central vulnerability in the global economy: the ...

A Los Angeles jury has delivered a verdict in the first bellwether social-media-addiction case to go to trial. On March 25 ...

Far fewer people are using opioids than a decade ago, surveys indicate, and substance use experts and former opioid users say ...