The psychology expert explains to AS that in the modern era new addictions have emerged, such as addiction to the internet, shopping, and food.

Washington — President Trump signed an executive order Thursday evening to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction and substance abuse. According to a White House fact sheet, the ...

What’s driving the permanent crisis of drug addiction? To express the ambient feeling that “things are getting worse,” there exists, of course, a meme. It plots iterations of a chart, and on its ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Drug policy was largely a backburner issue in 2025. Despite the ambitions of some moderate or right-leaning activists, and an apparent passion ...

Are cookies and chips the new cigarettes? And soda, breakfast cereals and ice cream the new opioids? In his new book, “Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight” ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

First-person stories of drug addiction, hope, healing, and recovery. Addiction is a complex and often misunderstood condition. This gripping special provides raw, unfiltered access to first-person ...

Semaglutide, the active ingredient behind blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Wegovy, is now at the center of a growing body of evidence suggesting it can sharply reduce alcohol consumption in people ...

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 ...