Synthetic cathinones, or "bath salts," are human-made stimulants. Learn more about the illegal drug and how it affects the ...

Sobriety didn’t restore the old version of me; it allowed me to build a new one from the driftwood of the past,” ...

The medication instead dulled her urges for the cocaine and alcohol that caused her to plow her car into a tree, spiral into ...

Drinking alcohol can also cause both short term and long term changes to your brain. Here’s what you need to know.

Teens who spend lots of time on social media have complained of feeling like they can’t pay attention to more important things like homework or time with loved ones. A new study has possibly captured ...

As a clinician who treats people with drug problems, I was spurred to ask these questions when NIDA dubbed addiction a “brain disease.” It struck me as too narrow a perspective from which to ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published in PLOS Mental ...

You’ve probably felt it before: that euphoric feeling after biting into one of your favorite foods. Your eyes roll back, you ...

Quitting smoking is hard because the brain becomes hard-wired to the addiction. Hitting the right brain region with ...

It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain. It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the brain that ...