A seven-year project monitoring illicit drug use in 37 countries via wastewater samples shows that…
Browsing: Addiction
Addiction is a complex, chronic condition characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, such as substances or behaviors, despite harmful consequences. It involves changes in brain structure and function, particularly in areas related to reward, motivation, and self-control. Research into addiction spans neuroscience, psychology, pharmacology, and public health, aiming to understand its underlying mechanisms, risk factors, and effective treatments. This page features the latest scientific findings on addiction, including studies on substance use disorders, behavioral addictions, brain chemistry, prevention strategies, and recovery interventions.
General practitioners stopped giving alcohol advice to patients when they stopped being paid to do…
Synthetic opioid overdose deaths in the United States soared from less than 3,000 in 2013…
Concerns over the opioid epidemic have sparked a strong scientific interest in why some people…
The highly anticipated Breaking Bad movie El Camino storyline focusing on drug production is more…
Study of people who use drugs in three cities will be used to target harm-reduction…
How relapse happens: Opiates reduce the brain’s ability to form, maintain synapses. Preclinical research was…
Teens who misuse prescription or illicit opioids might benefit from opioid treatment medications, according to…
Although the effectiveness of medications to treat adults with opioid use disorder has been well…