Ecstasy or molly is often linked to festival and rave culture. But the so-called party drug carries far more risks today than it did decades ago.

A Los Angeles doctor who admitted selling ketamine to Matthew Perry before the Friends star's fatal overdose was sentenced to 2½ years in prison, with the judge saying he exploited Perry's addiction.

But “cannabis is definitely something that someone can develop an addiction to,” said Das, an addiction psychiatrist at ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Sean Williams won't be selected for his country again after disclosing that a drug addiction was the reason he skipped some matches, the ...

With just one game left in the regular season for high school football, it’s hard to imagine that Caliche and Peetz won’t be in the mix as strong contenders in the 6-man playoffs. The Caliche ...

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in the brain. Early trials show reductions in alcohol intake, opioid seeking, ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer. Jessica Massarone couldn’t concentrate in primary school: She was too preoccupied with her parents’ struggles with drug addiction. Sometimes, she’d find ...

SEATTLE — A medication originally designed to treat diabetes is showing unexpected promise in fighting addiction. Medications like Ozempic, already popular for weight loss, may help reduce cravings ...

Every day, drug and alcohol addiction shatters families, destabilizes neighborhoods, derails careers, and steals the lives of countless Americans. This National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

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 ...

A small trial of an experimental vaccine designed to stop cocaine reaching the brain suggests that it helps reduce the drug’s use. Over a 32-week trial involving monthly injections, the urine of seven ...