Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive drive to take a drug despite serious adverse consequences. This aberrant behaviour has traditionally been viewed as bad 'choices' that are made voluntarily ...

have been shown to be involved in the drug addiction process. Drug abuse researchers have identified biophysical and neuropharmacological changes that occur in particular brain regions ...

Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior. With drug addiction, you can’t resist the urge to use them. If you’re worried that you or a loved one may have an addiction ...

"Studies indicate that alcohol alters brain chemistry in ways that increase susceptibility to drug addiction," Chris Tuell, a clinical psychotherapist and a chemical and behavioral addiction ...

Creating an application process and a task force to make sure that opioid settlement money is spent effectively to combat local drug addiction and the problems it fuels is the aim of a resolution ...

New Brunswick's public safety minister says there'll be a medical evaluation process as part of new legislation to force some people with severe addictions into treatment against their will.