Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

Experts agree that addiction is a disease, yet the disease model doesn't capture addiction's harmful effects on others.

As the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Trump administration, anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has faced intense scrutiny for a number of reasons, including his ...

It’s hard to justify strikes on drug boats that kill dozens while having a negligible effect on overdoses in the U.S., writes ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

This systematic review evaluates preclinical and clinical evidence on glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists as potential ...

A bout of mental illness, a decline into drug addiction and then a downward spiral into homelessness: That’s the linear, causal progression — drugs and mental-health problems leading to homelessness — ...

Mental illness and drug addiction are nothing new to New Mexico, which ranks 10th-worst nationally for mental health in 2024 and sixth for fatal overdoses. During Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s six ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...