Key Takeaways Addiction-related financial damage includes debt, legal costs, and depleted savings.Financial safeguards such ...

Indiana’s syringe exchange programs weren’t created on a whim. The state acted after an HIV outbreak in Scott County in 2015 exposed how quickly infectious disease spreads when addiction goes ...

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 ...

Millions of people struggle with addiction every day. But some people struggle in silence because these mental defenses keep them from accepting the truth. Living a life with addiction is like living ...

More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research into a class of opioids that were ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

The ADHD brain is different, not faulty. The ADHD system can set a person up for addiction. Dopamine levels are the key to ...