The fact is, the world we live in is drenched with numerous addictive substances. And just like it is for most people, the first step to fighting addiction problems starts with the individual. Turning ...

The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a chronic disease affecting brain reward, motivation, and memory systems, creating compulsive cravings for substances or behaviors that ...

GLP-1 medications may quiet the brain signals behind addiction, reducing substance use disorders and overdose risk across ...

Sohei Ide, a lecturer at Osaka University, speaks at a seminar in the Kagawa Prefecture capital of Takamatsu on Jan. 25, 2020. (Mainichi/Yukinao Kin) TAKAMATSU -- A university lecturer has criticized ...

The deaths of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his producer wife, Michele, set off waves of tributes and memorials, but for some families, it stopped them cold. Nick Reiner, the couple’s 32-year-old ...

This short chapter summarizes some of the key discussions concerning how drug abuse is viewed in the society and the implications of those views. These discussions occurred throughout the committee's ...

Addiction research poses an exciting challenge for young scientists who wish to address one of the most important and persistent problems confronting society today (see Chapter 2). However, a number ...

Thursday's Alcohol Problems Action Day aims to raise awareness of the negative consequences of social devaluation for those affected under the motto "understand instead of condemn". Alcohol is part of ...

Some of us have Grief, Trauma or Addiction that we just can’t seem to work through. I am deeply committed to your healing, well-being and the development of you as a whole person: body, mind and ...