Now, scientists from the University of Warwick have made important progress in learning what causes alcohol addiction in the ...

On January 29 President Donald Trump issued an executive order launching “The Great American Recovery Initiative,” a White ...

The brain disease model promised clarity, but reality stayed messy For decades, the dominant scientific story has framed addiction as a chronic brain disease, a view popularized to counter the idea ...

The wife of former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will help lead a national initiative to further prioritize addiction ...

A few weeks ago I participated in an hour-long talk show, via Skype. It's called The Agenda with Steve Paiken, and a lot of Canadians watch it. I was a bit nervous that night. Behind me the camera ...

January is Substance Use Disorder Treatment Month, which is designed to raise awareness about those suffering with substance ...

Methamphetamine addiction has a way of looping back on itself. A rush of pleasure pulls you in, cravings follow, and the ...

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Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms.

With the opioid epidemic reaching into every corner of the U.S., more people are talking about addiction as a chronic disease rather than a moral failing. For researcher A. Thomas McLellan, who has ...

A new review uncovers how chronic alcohol consumption accelerates Alzheimer’s pathology through oxidative stress and neuroinflammatory cascades, while spotlighting promising molecular and metabolic ...

Is addiction a disease? Do the kids I work with at CASTLE have a pathological response to drugs and alcohol? The disease model of addiction is compelling, and has served its purpose in bringing needed ...