Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring and impulse control, not drug-specific traits.

Weight-loss jabs could prevent and treat addiction to alcohol, cigarettes and drugs, according to a large study. Experts believe the way the medicines work on the brain’s reward pathway cuts cravings ...

Alcohol and tobacco cause far more harms to people who consume them, and to society overall, than marijuana does, according ...

Since March of last year, the Australian state of Victoria has been rocked by a series of arsons and firebombings. Some of the targets are victims of extortion; others are caught in an escalating turf ...

That data show that 7.1 percent of teens reported using vapes, continuing a downward trend from 27.5 percent in 2019. The ...

Originally designed for diabetes and obesity, GLP-1-based drugs may also blunt the brain's reward signals that drive alcohol, tobacco and drug cravings.

Last month, New Zealand scrapped a law that would have gradually prohibited tobacco products by banning sales to anyone born after 2008. But Brookline, a wealthy Boston suburb, will implement a ...

September 22, 2009 (San Francisco, California) — Tobacco smoking and marijuana use can significantly decrease blood levels of the commonly used HIV drug atazanavir, researchers reported here at the ...

Falling teen tobacco use is generally considered good news, particularly by the public health professionals at the Food and ...