The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

Our society is full of harmful addictions that are so normalized people rarely pay any attention to them, and that's precisely what people online discuss in this thread.

Consider someone addicted to alcohol, drugs, or a behaviour like gambling. Why do they continue, even when they say they want to stop? It’s a question that highlights a fundamental disconnect: the gap between intention and action.

A young monkey was rescued from a bird cage after being found “stressed” and with an “addiction to marshmallows”

Exclusive: “UnitedHealthcare’s denial of treatment for this boy was absolutely mind-blowing,” attorney Malcolm B. Futhey III told The Independent

ANALYSIS: Users report shrinking bladders, stomach cramps and anxiety, write Rebecca Harding and Celia Morgan

Ketamine’s rising popularity has created a paradox. While it’s hailed by some doctors as a breakthrough psychiatric treatment, it’s also driving a surge in addiction and harming people’s health. To better understand people’s experience of ketamine and how it might be best used in medical treatment, we surveyed hundreds of…

Despite overcoming heroin addiction himself, RFK Jr. is backing plans to cut a critical Narcan program that helped reduce overdose deaths.

Punk rock icon Billy Idol released his first new album in 11 years on Friday

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F