Researchers quickly determined that the “e-juice” that fills vaping cartridges is highly addictive, with one pod containing ...

Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those around them. People have long debated whether addiction is a habit or a ...

I have an advantage, or maybe a disadvantage, compared with some scientists and psychologists who work on addiction. I was addicted to booze and benzos for 20 years on and off, from the late 1970s ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

Can marijuana really be addictive? Despite decades of popular belief to the contrary, addiction specialists warn that the ...

Framing addiction as a chronic disease gives a broader framework for understanding. I can’t remember much about the day when everything went wrong. No obvious moment indicated that the standard ...

Four core aspects of recovery that are essential for addressing addiction. Many people see addiction . . . as a character flaw or a bad choice. They don’t recognize that addiction is in fact a chronic ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The opioid crisis has been a quiet, deadly presence in America for a quarter-century ...

The use of involuntary commitment should always be a last resort for people with addiction issues. And when commitment is necessary, it shouldn’t require a trip to a jail. Massachusetts has come a ...

Anna talks to an addiction medicine specialist about what the latest research reveals about why people start using drugs and how to support them if they do. Dr. Nzinga Harrison, addiction medicine ...

Why is addiction considered a disease? Addiction is considered a disease largely as a way to remove stigma, guilt, moral blame, and shame from those who use substances or certain behaviors repeatedly ...