There is a mistaken view that drug abuse and addiction is a social problem. However many people do not understand that when people get addicted to drugs it changes the brain to foster compulsive drug ...

So, if the kids are running from a would-be abductor this app will prevent them from being able to use their phones? I think if you ask most parents why they even bother giving a child a cell phone to ...

An enhanced Minnesota North College counseling program has increased access to addiction support in rural areas across the ...

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, and it addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.9 million ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...

Ion channels have been created that are selectively activated by cocaine and that act to either stimulate or inhibit the electrical activity of neuronal cells in the brain. These cocaine-activated ion ...

I have had the privilege of witnessing Sheriff Karl Leonard of Chesterfield County, Va., Sheriff Stacey Kincaid of Fairfax County, Va., and others create innovative programs that provide medications ...

A newspaper investigation found that city and county governments in Mississippi had been spending very little of the opioid settlement money it received to address addiction.

Overdose deaths in Southeast Missouri fell 19% in 2024, mirroring national and statewide declines, as naloxone distribution ...