Tag: Addiction

A new study published in the journal Translational Psychiatry showed that cravings related to gambling addiction stimulate the same pathways in the brain as addiction...

Ian Jones of Lake Forest, Calif., died from a drug overdose in his sister April’s arms in October 2014. He was 26 years old. “I...

Deaths linked to the synthetic opioid fentanyl rose 180 percent between 2012 and 2015, and fentanyl-related deaths this year are up 114 percent over...

Lenawee County, Michigan is doubling down on their efforts to rehabilitate felons with treatment, education, community service and employment. “Our goal is to rid them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwycdI80HDc&feature=youtu.be In part three of our four-part interview with Aimee Dunkle, she talked about the impact of her son Ben's opioid addiction on her family,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR3NMrEGUPg In part two of our four-part interview with Aimee Dunkle, she discussed her son Ben’s early encounters with opioids and how they ultimately led...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWtK9GNOnVU Aimee Dunkle lost her son Ben to a heroin overdose in 2012 when he was 20-years-old. Several weeks ago, Addiction Now conducted an interview with...

Although the high demand for cocaine continued into the new millennium, the U.S. has seen a dramatic drop in illicit sales and popularity surrounding...

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 18.1 percent of the adult U.S. population — or approximately 43.6 million adults — suffer from...

As neurological science and addiction research has developed, the understanding of substance misuse has shifted from the popular belief that addiction is a...