DOUBLED over in pain, Amy Braid fought back tears as another wave of agonising cramps radiated through her body. But she wasn ...

Kratom is a plant that comes from Southeast Asia that has opioid-like properties. The perception is that it's relatively safe ...

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 ...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is taking action to help fight drug addiction by pushing the state to classify 7-OH, a kratom ...

For the last weeks of her life, Natalie, now 44, watched her daughter writhing in agony as her bladder was stripped of its ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – Opioid drugs such as morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: The kindly face delivers pain relief to millions of sufferers, while the grim face drives an ...

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists may have beneficial effects against Alzheimers, psychiatric and addiction disorders, but early data ...

A small study helps explain why some people taking Wegovy and similar weight-loss drugs cut back on alcohol, offering insight ...

Eighty-one purple pinwheels rattled as they spun at Sarg Hubbard Park on Thursday, each representing an overdose death in Yakima County last year. Nearby, about 100 people gathered to remember those ...

The course teaches students about how alcohol is shown in popular media and how it affects viewers understanding and use of ...