Nearly 5000 places hand out free syringes but only two take the next step and supervise drug users, which must change soon, ...

Consuming addictive substances often involves an unpleasant experience, like using a needle, ingesting a bitter substance or ...

Increasing the levels of chemicals naturally produced in the body called endocannabinoids may thwart the highly addictive ...

What drives the onset of alcohol dependence in midlife? How does it present unique challenges, and what strategies can help ...

While fatal overdoses in NSW are increasing, so are harms related to service gaps in the healthcare and law enforcement ...

Objective: Although lower brain volume has been routinely observed in individuals with substance dependence compared with nondependent control subjects, the brain regions exhibiting lower volume have ...

He cited an update to the DSM-V in 2013 that combined substance abuse and substance dependence into substance use disorder, which could range from mild to severe. “There’s a spectrum of ...

Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, refers to a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance (drug) that is not considered dependent. Substance abuse/drug abuse is not limited to mood-altering ...