Substance use disorders (SUDs) are highly heritable, but the extent of shared and distinct genetic architecture across ...

Substance-related disorders are common, affecting 40.3 million people over the age of 12 in the United States. Addiction may involve the use of prescribed drugs, such as opioid painkillers, common ...

Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

More than 39 million adults with a substance use disorder did not receive treatment in 2022, according to the latest data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In 2022, ...

Source: Mark Gold, MD with permission Addiction medicine is in the midst of a conceptual tectonic shift. Recent work by Director Nora Volkow and her National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) colleagues ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso found that use of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and other GLP-1s is associated with a lower risk of developing alcohol, opioid, ...

Harm reduction is having its moment in America. The doors of drug-related harm reduction have swung wide open after years of federal funding bans. Extensive opioid settlement payouts combined with an ...

Brain activity related to how young adults value reward appears to be linked to longer-term drinking patterns, according to a ...

While most students with substance use disorders don't graduate, recovery school students do — yet the state eliminated ...

A 45-year-old man presents to his primary care office at 9:00 AM after he was asked to leave work the day before because he smelled of alcohol and had been acting erratically. This is the fourth ...

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