Researchers have debunked key beliefs about addiction, like that a person must hit "rock bottom" before having treatment or that teen drug use is just a rite of passage.

A psychiatrist from Washington University School of Medicine explains the difference between being addicted to a substance and taking a medication for a chronic condition. During Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Fernandes says that people who become addicted to their phones can experience withdrawal symptoms when they try to reduce ...

A colleague of mine was treating a gaming addict and he came in for in-patient rehab which meant he was completely cut off,” ...

Preparation of a dose of Buprenorphine, an opioid that can be administered to people with opioid-use disorder to blunt ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...

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It is a daily occurrence in a neighborhood with the dubious distinction of being New York City’s “hub of heroin.” It’s a bustling, sometimes ...

Hearst Television's National Investigative Unit is learning more about a substance, not considered an opioid, being mixed with fentanyl that's creating a serious problem in the fight against opioids ...

Drug addiction is a condition in which there is uncontrolled use ... most commonly misused painkillers and are involved in 81,000 deaths annually in the U.S. Heroin is an illegal form of opioid.

As Elon Musk wades into European politics, Tesla's sales across the continent are plummeting. The EV maker's sales in Germany and France tanked in January, dropping 59% and 63% according to ...

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