Amid sports betting boom, a new study found a 23% jump in people searching for the phrase: "Am I addicted to gambling?" ...

Many of the new bills in Sacramento aim to remedy the flaws exposed in the audit. The League of California Cities has thrown its weight behind three of them: Senate Bill 329, Assembly Bill 424 and ...

After years of working on the front lines of Edmonton’s addiction crisis, a group of psychiatrists saw a critical gap in the ...

Nicholas Kristof is right to call for more treatment and prevention. However, by suggesting that drug decriminalization was ...

Researchers have debunked key beliefs about addiction, like that a person must hit "rock bottom" before having treatment or ...

Regardless of what you see in the movies or on television, most people dealing with substance abuse can recover successfully.

Preparation of a dose of Buprenorphine, an opioid that can be administered to people with opioid-use disorder to blunt ...

A study shows more people are looking for help to manage gambling addiction, in the years after a Supreme Court decision ...

Researchers and clinicians who did not participate in this study said its main finding - that more people are seeking help for gambling addiction - matches their experience. "These findings are ...

"Love Is Blind" contestant Devin Buckley admits to being addicted to ibuprofen. But is that possible? Here, MDs explain ...

Though more research is needed to understand who might benefit from GLP-1 agonists for addiction, early studies suggest that the approach holds promise.

A major new study on weight-loss drugs poses a new idea for addiction treatment: small doses of Ozempic could help people cut down on drinking and smoking. For years, GLP-1 medications have been ...