Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up before they take their first puff or sip ...

For years, addiction was seen as a matter of personal failure—a bad habit or a lack of discipline. People believed those who ...

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), discusses her groundbreaking work in addiction neuroscience and brain imaging in a ...

NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse. "New NIH study reveals shared genetic markers underlying substance use disorders." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 03 / 230322140341 ...

Americans may not say it aloud, but drug addiction has long been considered a moral failing. "Just say no," as Nancy Reagan famously declared during the crack-cocaine epidemic of the 80s.That ...

The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), a globally recognised body of over 15,000 professional members and 55 national and regional societies, marked World Drug Day 2025 with a renewed ...

Advocates for expanding methadone access have become more vocal in recent years as the U.S. addiction epidemic has worsened: Currently, 107,000 Americans die of drug overdoses each year. More than ...

Overdose deaths among pregnant and postpartum women nearly tripled between 2018 and 2021, according to a study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published Wednesday. The rate of ...

Addiction is a complex condition and mental illness. It is the most severe form of substance use disorder (SUD).

Nationally, overdose deaths spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic from roughly 50,000 in 2019 to 68,600 in 2020, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.