The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use disorders — and reduce their tragic outcomes, a large new study found.

Recovery has been a journey, full of highs I'd never have imagined possible, and sacrifices I never thought I'd have to make. Now, for the first time in years, I'm ready to say I will never use again.

English rocker Billy Idol, real name William Michael Albert Broad, one of the original punk rockers, recently sat down with Bill Maher for the Club Random ...

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.

Gina Roberts used to have this recurring nightmare: frantic and broke, she would search everywhere for a drink, but always the alcohol would remain out of reach. The dream would trigger such ...

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Scientists identify the protein DeltaFosB as the "master switch" that rewires the brain's memory and reward circuits, driving chronic cocaine addiction and relapse.

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 ...

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

AT the height of his powers, gangster Andrew Pritchard was funneling millions of pounds’ worth of narcotics into the UK, ...

The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to loosen a federal law that bars marijuana users from owning guns in a case that crossed typical political lines. A majority of justices ...

Dannece Crocker ran away from home when she was 14 years old and spent half a lifetime addicted to drugs, living on the streets, and was sentenced to prison not once, not twice, but five times. Born ...