Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) – the nation's largest organization representing medical professionals who specialize in addiction ...

My previous posts have focused on recognizing and preventing excessive substance use, with an emphasis on providing the latest information about my special interest – cannabis (see 20 Questions to ...

Much of the conversation around addiction swings between two worldviews. On one side is the belief that addiction is a brain ...

When science first studied addictive behavior individuals who became addicted to a substance commonly were viewed as being morally flawed human beings lacking willpower. Today, that view has changed.

“When I use a word,” one of 19th century British author and mathematician Lewis Carroll’s characters once said, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” Though he was a ...

More than 21 million Americans suffer from alcohol or drug abuse. Every year some of those people lose their lives. According to the Centers for Disease Control, drug overdose deaths in the U.S rose ...