Addiction expert Dr. Drew warns that trendy "Dry January" and "dopamine detox" resets may signal deeper addiction issues.

For those battling addiction, the decision to seek help represents one of life's most difficult but crucial choices.

The series turned a voyeuristic lens to people with unusual habits, but it did raise awareness of various compulsive ...

New medications are in the pipeline that could help people win their battles against addictive substances, including opioids ...

Why someone becomes addicted to a substance has long baffled scientists and philosophers. Now leading researchers are getting the clearest picture yet of how addiction works in the brain and body.

Men struggling against addiction are often socially impoverished. Their relationships, when they exist, are often negative.

The Porter County Jail lost grant funding for its longtime Chemical Dependency and Addictions program, but the clinic ...

What Is It Like To Be an Addict? Understanding Substance Abuse, by Owen Flanagan, Oxford University Press, 320 pages, $24.99 Addiction is a problem that defenders of liberty need to face, for if ...