A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology sheds light on how heroin exposure alters brain function related to social ...

Polysubstance abuse, using multiple types of drugs at the same time, is a common cause of death from overdose and an ...

A man’s death after using “Flow” in a small Vermont city exposed a drug operation that spanned continents and sent a New York prosecutor on a heartbreaking journey. The post How a single overdose in ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

With a surge of methamphetamine addiction, panic houses run by crime gangs are proliferating, as a recovering addict warns of ...