Once someone gets involved with drugs, it doesn’t stop at simple use. They often fall into bigger crimes like drug distribution or sales. Experts warned, “Drugs not only destroy the body and mind but ...

The White House nods to medication-assisted treatment and fentanyl test strips, despite recently placing new limits.

Since 2021, New Yorkers have been rightly puzzled by OnPoint NYC, the “safe injection” sites where hard-drug addicts shoot up under medical supervision. After all, drugs like fentanyl and heroin are ...

The White House’s newly released strategy for tackling the nation’s drug and addiction crisis calls for a number of ambitious ...

Two new clinical trials highlight potential breakthroughs in addiction medicine: semaglutide significantly reduced alcohol intake in patients with obesity and alcohol use disorder, while mirtazapine ...

Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...

Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy already had a lengthening laundry list of physical health benefits, but now they’re increasingly showing promise as treatments for neuropsychological conditions as well.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Until we stop framing all drug use and every overdose as problems of “addiction” and “substance use disorders,” we ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of ...