Addiction

Psilocybin May Help Treat Alcohol Addiction, Study Shows

By Tara Law

Many Pharmacies Don't Carry Life-Saving Addiction Drug

By Tara Law

Fear of Fentanyl is Driving Laws That Could Lead to Overdoses

By Tara Law

The FDA Is Moving Forward with a Menthol Cigarette Ban. Here's What the Science Says

By Jamie Ducharme
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Psilocybin Could be a Therapeutic Breakthrough For Addiction

To the uninitiated, psilocybin—the substance that gives ‘magic mushrooms’ their psychedelic qualities—could be dismissed as a recreational drug. Like many other psychedelics, it is banned by the U.S. government as a Schedule 1 substance, meaning...

By Tara Law

Older People Are the Ignored Victims of the Opioid Epidemic

New data show why that's so dangerous

By Tara Law

Fentanyl, COVID-19 May Have Made Opioid Epidemic Deadlier

The National Center for Health Statistics reported there were 100,306 drug overdose deaths from April 2020 to April 2021—the first time the toll topped six figures in a 12-month period

By Tara Law

Food Addictions Are Real Addictions—And More and More People Are Getting Hooked

Nobody has to score Hershey’s kisses on the street. Nobody has to smuggle Pringles across the country hidden in the wheel well of a car. And if you’re paying $100 for a gram of Coke,...

By Jeffrey Kluger

How Neuroscience Could Explain the Rise of Addictions, Heart Disease and Diabetes in 21st Century America

The conditions of human life began to improve with the Enlightenment of the 18th century, and we are better off now by many measures: food access, health, lifespan, and so on.But it hasn’t been an...

By Peter Sterling

'Gaming Disorder' Is Now an Official Medical Condition, According to the WHO

The WHO defines gaming disorder as a condition in its latest catalogue of conditions

By Alice Park

Parents Are Desperate for Nonexistent Vaping Treatment

"It’s an epidemic because there’s no help."

By Jamie Ducharme

Inside the Specialized 'Recovery' High Schools Designed Just for Teens With Addiction

Students learn in an environment that supports sobriety

By Anna Gorman / Kaiser Health News

Nan Goldin: I've Turned My Opioid Addiction Into Activism

The world has gone cold. We all need to step up. There are people making billions off the emotional and physical suffering of others. It’s time for payback.I survived the opioid crisis. I narrowly escaped....

By Nan Goldin

Kay Warren: My Brother Rebuilt His Life After Heroin, and My Family Had to Learn Forgiveness

Drug overdoses kill more than 64,000 people per year, and are now the leading cause of death for Americans under 50. To document the nation’s devastating opioid crisis, TIME sent photographer James Nachtwey and deputy...

By Kay Warren

Elizabeth Wurtzel: Giving Up Drugs Was the Hardest Thing Ever. And I Have Cancer

The author of ‘Prozac Nation’ and ‘More, Now, Again’ writes about the challenges of recovery

By Elizabeth Wurtzel

How to Stop the Next Epidemic

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute

Trump Revealed His Plan to Deal With the Opioid Crisis. Here’s What Experts Think

"Show me where the action comes"

By Maya Rhodan

Opportunists Are Exploiting the ACA to Prey on Opioid Addicts

The State Attorney for Palm Beach County, FL, explains the 'financial windfall for failure'

By Dave Aronberg

Here's Why Most Americans Prefer to Treat Pain Without Drugs

Many see opioids as a very serious problem

By Alexandra Sifferlin

How a Short Meditation Can Help People Drink Less

Just 11 minutes of mindfulness training may help heavy drinkers cut back on alcohol, according to new research in the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. People in the study who listened to short audio recordings drank...

By Amanda MacMillan
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