Fatal overdoses in the US are falling - and Kayla's state of North Carolina is at the forefront of that trend.

After reviewing public records obtained by InvestigateWest, Weiskircher filed a complaint with the state police against the ...

Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a ...

I just didn’t think anything about it. It was something that he and his friends were all doing,” one Manhattan dad said about ...

Kathy Griffin opens up to PEOPLE in this week's issue about surviving addiction, divorce and cancer in the eight years since ...

Over 29.3 million Americans consider themselves in recovery from drug addiction. Some return to drugs, but some recover long-term. Once people hit five years in recovery, then, according to the NIAAA, ...

Alcohol has also been linked to dementia, accelerated brain shrinkage, memory loss, and cognitive decline. Despite the ...

Research indicates 47% of regular cannabis users will experience withdrawal symptoms when they stop using. Here are the most ...

Studies show that addictive use of social media affects teens' mental health, but social media addiction isn't a recognized ...

Many studies over the past 25 years have shown that high-sugar and other highly pleasurable foods – often foods that are ultraprocessed – act on these brain networks in ways that are similar to other ...