Rising stimulant use is driving a new trend in national overdose deaths. While no medication has been FDA-approved for stimulant addiction, a handful demonstrate off-label evidence. These include ...

Nearly 50 million over the age of 12 reportedly have substance use disorders, which can include addictions to alcohol or drugs. Other issues that affect millions - such as gambling, shopping, gaming, ...

Types of drug addiction include alcohol, opioids, sedatives, stimulants, and tobacco. Substance abuse in the United States is one of the leading health conditions impacting millions of lives. Since ...

For decades, even as deaths from overdoses continued to rise, people using cocaine, crack or meth have been told there's no treatment to help them stop. But that's not true. There is a recommended ...

COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid record-high drug overdose rates and no FDA-approved medications for stimulant addiction, a new peer-reviewed study published in Frontiers in ...

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.

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 ...

Experts call for rehabilitation instead of jail time for people with addiction. Drug and alcohol-related jail deaths have skyrocketed in recent years, according to a recent report from the Bureau of ...

The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that ...