Now, with the rise of prescription painkillers, the introduction of extremely potent synthetic opioids and the resurgence of heroin, the nation is locked in an ongoing overdose epidemic some have ...

Addiction is one of the most intensely studied conditions in modern medicine, yet even with high‑resolution brain scans and genetic tools, scientists still cannot fully explain why some people get ...

To speak to the topic of “Addiction: Exploring the Science and Experience of an Equal Opportunity Condition,” Yale School of Medicine’s Michael V. Pantalon will join a panel of experts at the 51st ...

Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was ...

We spend 4 hours and 37 minutes on our phones each day, checking them around 58 times, on average. We like to tell ourselves it's to socialize, for work, or to read the news. But most of us are ...

I’ve often commented that the distance between the addiction research community and the 12-Step community polarizes treatment and undermines creative collaboration. When the professional community ...

The author overcame his dependence on pills and alcohol. Now he wants to beat back misconceptions about the science of addiction. “How should we think about addicts’ aims and agency?” This is the ...

Anne Giles wishes she’d understood the science behind addiction four years ago when she stood in her kitchen carefully measuring one cup of wine. Instead, she thought if she could drink only that one ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: For most of his life, Joe Hilton has struggled with addiction and ...

Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medical Association, and ...

“How should we think about addicts’ aims and agency?” This is the animating question behind Owen Flanagan’s “What Is It Like to Be an Addict?” An emeritus professor of philosophy and neurobiology at ...