A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks ...

Those numbers show an increase in usage at what seems like a staggering rate, but the totals are all still very, very tiny. Maine has the highest treatment admission rate for heroin, according to a ...

We need a new paradigm for addiction that puts psychology first and recognizes its heterogeneity. Only then will we see that ...

One of the most powerful illusions in addiction is functionality. People continue working, parenting, socializing, and paying ...

SHELTERING in the underpass a stone’s throw from a busy shopping arcade, a young man sits hunched, begging for money to feed ...

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared for his first Senate confirmation hearing to be the U.S.'s top health official in January 2025, some people online called attention to his past as an alleged heroin ...

Seattle's new drug enforcement approach sparks debate as police and advocates warn of rising crime and open-air drug markets ...

It’s hard to justify strikes on drug boats that kill dozens while having a negligible effect on overdoses in the U.S., writes ...

LAKE TAPPS, Wash. — When meeting Jodi Borrelli, it's hard to believe that several years ago, she was addicted to heroin, living on the streets and was wanted by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.