Dominic Cipriano couldn’t stop shaking. A drug dealer on the streets of Kensington had sold him a bag of what he thought was ...

An NIH-funded study found deep learning tools could forecast next-day relapse risk with high accuracy, giving clinicians time ...

Since the 1970s, countless experts and the US government have sold the public a simple explanation for drug addiction, now clinically called substance abuse disorder: the myth of the gateway drug.

Two drugs currently used to treat heroin and prescription painkiller addiction may work together to fight cocaine as well — without causing dependence themselves, according to a new study in rats. A ...

STOCKED in every high street pharmacy in Britain, it is a drug that’s meant to ease pain – not cause it. And yet, an ...

A vast majority of American adults say they have consumed alcohol at some point — yet experts warn that alcoholic beverages could be a "gateway drug" to more harmful substances. More than 84% of ...

*Mike Tyson’s journey from his Bedford-Stuyvesant roots to becoming a boxing legend to rocky relationships has been well-documented over the years. While the outlets highlighting his professional and ...

The onset of symptoms of Alzheimer's disease can occur and worsen quicker in people that also have an alcohol use disorder (AUD), a new study has revealed. According to the scientists based at Scripps ...