Addiction is a complex issue that extends its impact far beyond the individual. It has a ripple effect, touching various aspects of life, including legal matters, relationships, and finances. Men are ...

‘He’s always sitting there playing games, he’s not interested in anything else!’… Addiction to video games (on a computer or smartphone) is an extremely common addiction: studies show that up to 5% of ...

The British gymnast Nile Wilson steps on stage and introduces himself. In a broad Leeds accent, the 27-year-old describes himself as an Olympic medallist, the owner of several successful businesses, ...

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 ...

Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as rewarding when you are hungry and water as rewarding when you are thirsty. But addictive substances like alcohol and ...

A study of 600,000+ veterans found GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic reduced substance-related deaths by 50% across alcohol, opioids, cocaine, nicotine, and cannabis — making them the first medication class to ...

(NEW YORK) — Since she was in elementary school, Katherine Schreiber, 28, remembers struggling with body issues. Sometimes these feelings were so severe she felt she was “too ugly” to go to class.

Indiana’s syringe exchange programs weren’t created on a whim. The state acted after an HIV outbreak in Scott County in 2015 exposed how quickly infectious disease spreads when addiction goes ...