Researchers report that cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how we perceive and learn from rewards. Though people with cocaine addiction have similar expectations of rewards ...

Propensity to addiction starts with the very first drug use experience, a new study shows. Consuming addictive substances often involves an unpleasant experience, like using a needle, ingesting a ...

Researchers carrying out functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in different areas of the human brain have discovered how cocaine addiction disrupts the dopamine neurons that govern how ...

In 20 years of treating older adults with addiction, I’ve often been told that addiction among the elderly isn’t a serious problem to treat (“Medicare Opioid Caps Fall Short,” Page One, Aug. 12). Many ...

In a hilarious Cheech and Chong movie episode, the two were stoned and, aware of being impaired, were driving as carefully as possible in order not to be noticed by police, only to realize they were ...