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

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

Is addiction really a choice? Experts say no. Discover how science is redefining addiction as a brain disease—and why ...

Recovering "revenge addict" James Kimmel Jr. makes the case for retaliation to be understood as an addiction in new book The ...

Revenge is more than an emotion—it’s an addictive behavior. We get hyped about an epic revenge story to watch on the big ...

Addiction develops when your body needs larger dosages to produce the same results over time. The Science of Addiction to Nicotine The reward system in the brain is profoundly impacted by nicotine.

In 12-step meetings, it is often said that someone was an addict before he or she “put in.” According to this view, putting a drug, whether alcohol or any other addictive substance, into our ...

By deepening our understanding of how drugs act at the genetic, molecular, physiological, and brain-circuit levels, we can develop more targeted and effective treatments for addiction and other ...

The Comprehensive Addiction Risk Evaluation System, or CARES, uses your genetic information and details about your past – like childhood experiences, alcohol or substance use, and family history ...