His decision to try the technique, called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), stemmed from dramatic advances in the science of addiction—and from his frustration with traditional treatments.

People recovering from substance use disorders need homes, jobs and medication-centered, quality health care, not just a bed ...

Oregon decriminalized hard drugs in 2021 and recriminalized them last month. A new analysis shows the laws likely had little ...

The humanities and arts offer a vital counternarrative to the clinical view of addiction, emphasizing the role of storytelling, creativity and the search for meaning in the recovery process. They ...

The weight-loss drugs are linked with reduced rates of excess drinking and opioid overdoses, suggesting they may tamp down ...

Opioids mimic the body's natural pain relievers, binding to receptor proteins in the brain and sometimes inducing euphoria. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies.

How can we treat and eventually eradicate addiction? Over recent decades, we have applied increasingly sophisticated science to understand addiction. Neuroimaging studies and post-mortem ...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has published the first-ever science-based guide to drug addiction treatment. In its Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide ...

Research from earlier this week is the latest to suggest that semaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs can help treat people's ...

He sleeps under the soothing touch of his mother, Jordann Thomas, 28, who’s in recovery from heroin addiction. Doctors treated the baby with methadone, then weaned him from it. He’s gaining ...

Kathleen Ratcliff, executive director for Upstream Prevention, discusses substance use disorder during the “Responding to Addiction” workshop Sept. 26 at the Greenwood Public Library.