Lockdown has had a big impact on everyone but especially those who are in receipt of opiate prescribing treatments. Daily administration and prescription man...

A new study finds that interventions that take a multidimensional approach -- tackling the biological, social, environmental and mental health obstacles to o...

Opioid-related deaths continue to take the lives of thousands in the U.S. each year, with non-fatal opioid overdoses as a significant risk factor for a subse...

A big thanks to my friend and colleague Colin Mackell for forwarding me this interesting article. In it the fantastic Prof Nick Heather reflects on definiti...

Research finds that people with substance-use problems who read a message describing addiction as a disease are less likely to report wanting to engage in ef...

In a survey of thousands of people who reported having experienced personal encounters with God, researchers report that more than two-thirds of self-identif...

Can a monthly injection of Subutex improve outcome rates for opiate users in treatment? Findings produces an interesting review of a recent trial and its ou...

The National Science Foundation supported the study, which included an Oregon State University geographer and was led by Nicholas Magliocca from University o...

Technology is changing all our lives and reaches into every aspect of human behavior. This has not only led to the development of new substances available t...

Many people think of psychedelics as relics from the hippie generation or something taken by ravers and music festival-goers, but they may one day be used to...

In lecturers and treatment design I often discuss the more positive outcomes and shorter treatment duration for primary drinkers as opposed to drug users. T...

For a long time I argued that the action of drugs on pleasure centers in the brain was far too simplistic, and the least, memory played a very specific role ...

A new discovery shows that opioids used to treat pain, such as morphine and oxycodone, produce their effects by binding to receptors inside neurons, contrary...

A new review published online today in the journal Addiction has compiled the best, most up-to-date source of information on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit dr...

The philosopher Rousseau once said that a life without privacy would be a life without sin. This maxim also holds true for the Dark Net. A recent study of ...