Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Does compulsory drug treatment even work? That was the challenge on critics’ minds last week after New York City mayor Eric Adams announced a new proposal to compel the city’s addicts into treatment.

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn't use a patch. He ...

A new study from UC San Diego in La Jolla and the National Institute on Drug Abuse points to what researchers consider a promising biochemical approach to reverse the cycle of cocaine addiction — all ...

Last April, neuroscientist Sue Grigson received an e-mail from a man detailing his years-long struggle to kick addiction — first to opioids, and then to the very medication meant to help him quit. The ...

Changing the way people see those who are addicted to illegal drugs is what the Public Health and Public Safety campaign is all about. The campaign is an initiative of the nonprofit Dream.org, in ...

It’s a point of pride, major selling point and plain old common sense: Have an actual medical doctor assist licensed addiction treatment centers as they care for patients quitting dangerous drugs and ...

Researchers believe that GLP-1 drugs act on reward areas of the brain that are responsible for food cravings, making it possible that they silence cravings for addictive substances. The Conversation — ...

A new study from UC San Diego in La Jolla and the National Institute on Drug Abuse points to what researchers consider a promising biochemical approach to reverse the cycle of cocaine addiction — all ...