What is addiction, and how can we stop it? The complexities of addiction have stumped scientists for decades. Today, with 48 million Americans over the age of 12 suffering from a substance use ...

Where does opium come from? The opium poppy grows best in warm, dry climates. Most opium is grown in a long, narrow stretch of mountains in central Asia, an area that starts in Turkey and moves east ...

Supplements and diets marketed as “detoxes” claim to rid your body of harmful toxins, helping you to lose weight, feel less tired and gain more energy. Trying a detox or cleanse may appear to be the ...

(KRON) – San Francisco Mayor London Breed, the California District Attorneys Association, and the California State Sheriffs’ Association are all in support of Proposition 36, an initiative aimed to ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

Types of drug addiction include alcohol, opioids, sedatives, stimulants, and tobacco. Substance abuse in the United States is one of the leading health conditions impacting millions of lives. Since ...

Athletes, actors, politicians, and others often develop substance abuse disorders and some die from drug-related deaths. At the same time, their life history, drug use, and risk-taking shows the rest ...

This year, Oregon lawmakers overhauled their highly experimental drug law. That policy had decriminalized small amounts of hard drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamine. There was a public ...