addiction

Besides the human toll, the lawsuit says the opioid epidemic undermines the Tribe's ability to self-govern and develop economic independence.

Our desire for interaction humans and a smartphone industry that is designing it's technology to prey on that need in order to get you addicted.

The presentence investigation recommended Ryan Harris receive no prison time.

Kanye West is said to be hiding out in the Cowboy State while working on new music. If true, we have some ideas of artists he should work with while he's here.

A count of distributing heroin leading to a death was dismissed at the sentencing.

Everything we know about addiction is wrong. Johann Hari deconstructs what we believe to be true about addictions, and the war on drugs is making things worse.

Singer Scott Stapp was on "The Dr. Oz Show" last week . . . talking about his struggle with addiction, and his nightmare mental breakdown last year.  Apparently, he’s on the road to recovery and he wants to record with CREED again.  He said "I love these guys with all my heart, and if they're watching, 'Come on guys, let's make a record...

A Swedish man was recently awarded unemployment benefits after getting his addiction to heavy metal music classified as a disability.

One generally associates the onset of drug and alcohol addiction with the recklessness of youth. However, two new studies are challenging those assumptions, with findings suggesting that older folks are also quite susceptible to addiction’s trap.

It turns out suffers from alcohol dependency might be able to kick the habit by doing what comes natural… texting. Yup, a new study has found actual evidence that there may be a health benefit to text messaging. Research with young problem drinkers found those who sent and received weekly text messages tracking their alcohol consumption drank less at the end of the 12-week program than they did at

Scientists in San Diego are developing new vaccines that will potentially cure addictions, allowing cigarette and drug abusers to kick their habits with a simple injection. Dr. Kim D. Janda, a Scripps Research Institute professor, is one of the leading experts, having made addiction vaccines his main priority for the past 25 years. “We view this as an alternative or better way for some people,” he