Addiction is a terrible disease that affects almost 50 million people in the U.S. — as well as their family members, friends and other loved ones. When we talk about addiction, alcohol and drugs may ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

How addiction works in the brain, and why opioids are so dangerously addictive. Addiction destroys lives. In far too many cases, addiction also ends them. Overdose is a leading cause of cause of death ...

Everybody takes for granted that progress in addiction means abstaining from, or at least cutting down, addictive behavior. This is the standard of measurement for addiction treatment facilities and ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Most entrepreneurs at the top of their game don’t reveal the mistakes they’ve made, let alone the depths of their darkest times. Joe Polish is not like most entrepreneurs. The mastermind behind modern ...

Did you ever smoke? I did, for a long time (too long). For the first few years, I deluded myself with the idea that I could “stop anytime I wanted,” though never really tested that theory. Then I did ...

As a physician, I hear daily from patients across Oregon who struggle to access lifesaving addiction care. The Oregon Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health recently held a public ...