DOOMSCROLLING social media is driving rocketing ketamine use among teens, a leading addiction expert has warned. Figures show ...

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

Opioid medications treat pain associated with surgery, cancer, chronic illness, and traumatic injury. The short-term effects of taking opioids are well-studied, but the long-term effects are less ...

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 ...

PA live! (WBRE) — Paola Giangiacomo is back to give a teaser of her next edition of Paola’s Parenting Playbook. This week she is discussing child abuse. According to the National Children’s Alliance, ...

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction.

The average American spends nearly 2½ hours per day on social media, and that number more than doubles for teens, studies have shown. For many people, the reliance on social media can feel much like ...

Social media addiction among teenagers has taken a worrying turn. In a recent lawsuit against Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, a 19 ...

Eighty-one purple pinwheels rattled as they spun at Sarg Hubbard Park on Thursday, each representing an overdose death in Yakima County last year. Nearby, about 100 people gathered to remember those ...