Introduction Drug addiction is one of the most devastating and destructive conditions a human being can experience. It strips ...

New research on the biological basis of addiction has found that the critical epigenetic enzyme histone deacetylase 5 ...

A new study in Engineering explores the role of astrocytic G protein-coupled receptors in drug addiction. It shows that these receptors, including ...

Writing has always been a form of self-expression that can transcend what readers typically expect. Books that discuss drugs ...

A class of drugs commonly used to treat movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease and restless leg syndrome is pushing people into risky sexual behavior. Patients taking dopamine agonists say ...

The consumption of certain substances produces such an intense effect on the brain’s reward circuits that it can make a ...

A Watertown property said to be a halfway house for recovering drug addicts was the target of a drug raid Tuesday.

While HHS insists the survey will continue despite the layoffs, the restructuring of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) into a new agency under Health Secretary ...

Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault by London’s Metropolitan Police. The charges ...