Research is quickly catching up. In the last few years, studies have linked GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy with fewer ...

New research suggests the weight-loss medications could be powerful tools in tackling substance use disorders.

Evidence is mounting that the wildly popular weight-loss medicines known as GLP-1s may also hold potential for treating addiction, and the field may be on the verge of obtaining desperately needed ...

A terrifying map shows the sheer number of drug overdose deaths across the US as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backs plans to end the Narcan distribution program ...

When a cocaine addict relapses, it isn't a matter of personal failure - it's the biological result of their brain's rewiring, new research finds.

Since the 1970s, countless experts and the US government have sold the public a simple explanation for drug addiction, now clinically called substance abuse disorder: the myth of the gateway ...

A cluster of drug overdoses in Kensington that occurred within minutes of each other earlier this month prompted Philadelphia health officials to alert addiction medicine providers and harm ...