University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating ...

Nov. 2, 2005 — -- Hattie Tysver, now 18, took her first snort of meth when she was 15. Tysver -- who lives in the town of Fergus Falls, Minn., population 15,000 -- was a good student but admits ...

Bernard Groves has spent five years trying to quit methamphetamine. He lost his job. He lost his car. He nearly lost his apartment. Worse than that, he says, his addiction has hurt his family. “I went ...

Researchers identified a key molecule that highlights how the immune system is linked to the release of dopamine.

Heroin, or opiate, withdrawal is the gold standard of addiction withdrawal. Imagine the worst flu of your life and then imagine knowing that taking a hit of this stuff will make it all better. Think ...

A mum revealed how she squandered £375,000 on drugs and alcohol after finally getting clean from a lengthy battle with addiction. Ashley Melendez's struggle with addiction started in childhood, before ...

Drug related deaths have been the highest since records began in 1993, with the latest ONS (Office National Statistics) figures showing that 5,448 people died in England and Wales from substance ...