Anecdotal stories suggesting that weight-loss drugs can help people shake long-standing addictions have been spreading fast ...

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Americans may not say it aloud, but drug addiction has long been considered a moral failing. "Just say no," as Nancy Reagan famously declared during the crack-cocaine epidemic of the 80s. That ...

The terms “addiction” and “dependence” can seem similar, but they are different. Dependence occurs when the body physically relies on a drug. Addiction involves changes in behavior. A person with an ...

Few people are untouched by addiction. It cuts across age, socioeconomic status, gender and race, and has been with us for all of recorded history. Whether it be opioids, alcohol or other drugs, ...

San Patrignano stands out among the "therapeutic communities" that treat drug addiction. The 700-acre campus is nestled in ...

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Brian Mann is NPR's first national addiction correspondent. Over the past six months, I've been ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

U.S. health officials like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tout San Patrignano, Europe's best-known rehab center, as a "beautiful model ...

Illegal drugs fundamentally shaped the 2024 Presidential election. The campaign season helped to reignite a focus on the opioid crisis and its devastating impacts on communities across the country.