Is social media addiction real? A new study explores the brain changes and psychological impacts of excessive use following a landmark $6 million California court ruling.

On March 25, a California trial awarded $6 million to a plaintiff who argued that the addictive qualities of social media had ...

Wastewater analysis can detect drugs in real time, allowing experts to inform emergency and other health providers and warn ...

WARNING: This story contains graphic images. Philadelphia's most lawless, drug-infested neighborhood became more distressed and filled with anguish in 2023, a former resident said as he called on ...

About 100 people — mostly local drug addicts — gathered at a pagoda in Phnom Penh in mid-February. A few drug users had brought their families for support, and they sat together on woven mats before a ...

In my practice, I see many young men who claim to be “addicted” to online porn. This notion of being an addict carries a lot of negative connotation and stigma, as well as a sense of inevitability ...

Less than half of people experiencing homelessness regularly used illicit drugs in the prior six months. The most common drugs used by this population aren’t opioids but methamphetamines. And a ...

Americans may not say it aloud, but drug addiction has long been considered a moral failing. "Just say no," as Nancy Reagan famously declared during the crack-cocaine epidemic of the 80s. That ...

Everyone wants to make you an addict. Some people sell illicit drugs on the black market and want you to become addicted to them so they can profit from you. The dealers naturally focus on drugs that ...

President Trump's executive order on homelessness aims to make it easier for states and cities to get people into mental health or addiction treatment, even if that means involuntary civil commitment.