Anecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake long-standing addictions have been spreading fast ...

Experts explain why the possibility of withdrawal when quitting antidepressants doesn't mean the medications are addictive. - Grace Cary/Moment RF/Getty Images When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answered ...

We’ve all said it, even if we regret it: “There’s always room for dessert.” Turns out, there is a scientific explanation for why we can consume so many sweets compared to other types of foods with a ...

Matthew Perry's death from the "acute effects of ketamine" may be a harbinger of a larger ketamine addiction problem in the U.S., experts said. "I believe that this case with Matthew Perry is kind of ...

Below, STAT previews the three key questions that could define a potentially busy year in the worlds of substance use and ...

The perception that drug addiction affects only the poor or underprivileged is inaccurate, says the Kelantan National Association for the Prevention of Drug Abuse.

People often joke that their favorite snack is "like crack" or call themselves "chocoholics" in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...

Scientists in Brazil are developing the first vaccine against cocaine addiction. The potentially miraculous jab, named Calixcoca, is designed to trigger an immune response that blocks the drug from ...

Facebook is running ads for an addictive drug that’s banned in numerous countries, in yet another situation that underlines the spotty content moderation on the social media platform. In America, ...

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his producer wife, Michele, set off waves of tributes and memorials, but for some families, it stopped them cold.

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...