Drug and substance abuse continues to be a major problem across the United States, with 1 in 4 Americans over the age of 12 admitting that they used illicit drugs in 2022. 1 While alcohol, tobacco and ...

The terms “addiction” and “dependence” can seem similar, but they are different. Dependence occurs when the body physically relies on a drug. Addiction involves changes in behavior. A person with an ...

Drug-related deaths continue to rise while Britain doubles down on a failed strategy of prohibition and punishment. The ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...

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New treatments for addiction are urgently needed. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 107,941 people died from drug overdoses in 2022, an age-adjusted rate of 32.6 ...