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 ...

Despite the growing prevalence of addiction among seniors, many cases go undetected even in health care settings where older ...

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 bills, which becomes evidence that nothing is wrong. Crisis is treated as ...

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

If you subscribe to the theory that good can come out of bad, you might apply it to the tragic death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and the attention it has brought to heroin addiction in this ...

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

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

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