Heroin Users Are Less Likely to Be Dependent But More Likely to Die
A new study highlights the gap between rising heroin use and rising heroin deaths.
Addiction
Pot, Video Games, Whatever. Teens Must Be Addicted to Something, Says Expert.
How to turn good news about today's youths into a demand for more government studies.
Surgeon General's Report Mistakenly Treats All Drug Use As a Problem
Vivek Murthy does not acknowledge the possibility that nonmedical consumption of psychoactive substances could be beneficial.
Pamela Anderson Warns That 'The Crack Babies of Porn' Are Nigh
In the Wall Street Journal, the ex-Playboy model blames online-porn for Anthony Weiner's texting troubles & kids propelled "warp-speed into the dark side."
Calm Down About the 'Opioid Epidemic'
Prescription painkillers are not as deadly or as addictive as commonly claimed.
'Opioid Epidemic' Myths
Prescription painkillers are not as deadly or as addictive as commonly claimed.
Where Will Opioid Panic Lead? How About Regulating Your Access to Diarrhea Medication?
Meanwhile: The hunt is on to find somebody to blame for Prince's death.
A Bold New Plan to Help Addicts and End the Drug War
"Addiction rewires your brain like falling in love does," says Maia Szalavitz, author of "Unbroken Brain."
The Dying of the Poor White Americans
The gap in life expectancy between the top and bottom 1 percent of income for American men is nearly 15 years. For women, it's 10 years.
Physicians Face Moral Dilemma In Conscription on War on Drugs
In the government's new war on opiates, physicians and their patients find themselves caught in the crossfire.
No Opiates for the Masses?
A push to fight painkiller abuse may do more harm than good.
Heroin and Prohibition Are a Lethal Combination
How the government promotes deaths from drug poisoning
Heroin Is Deadlier Than It Used to Be, Thanks to the War on Drugs
How prohibition promotes drug poisoning
Pot Pleasure, Pot Problems
As prohibition collapses, marijuana users are less likely to abuse the drug.
As Prohibition Crumbles, Cannabis Consumers Are Less Apt to Abuse It
Legalization may improve marijuana's benefit-to-cost ratio.
Does This Study Prove That Vaping Is a Gateway to Smoking?
E-cigarette critics lean heavily on post hoc, ergo propter hoc reasoning.
Could a Hypertension Drug Rewire the Brains of Addicts?
A new study shows a blood pressure medication's potential to prevent relapses by erasing mental associations with alcohol and cocaine.
Are We Creating Our Own Addiction Surge?
Rather than over-diagnosing, is psychiatry actually causing the maladies it laments?
How to Tell When the Latest Drug Scare Story Is Just the Usual BS
Five hallmarks of anti-drug hysteria
Is Addiction a Chronic Brain Disease?
Drug addiction is not caused by the effects of drugs alone.
I Learned It by Watching You: How Television Distorts Drug Addiction
Fictional dramas aid leading medical historians in misrepresenting what happens when people get hooked on cocaine and other substances.
The Hijacking of Sobriety by the Recovery Movement
Sobriety isn't an abstinence fixation; it's about having purpose
Self-Control is the Key to Success: John Tierney and Roy Baumeister on Willpower
How to make good on your New Year's resolutions.
Philip Seymour Hoffman Was Taught To Be Helpless Before Drugs
Heroin epidemic? Cunning disease? Or learned powerlessness?
Government Says You Can't Overcome Addiction, Contrary to What Government Research Shows
Why does the National Institute on Drug Abuse contradict its own research?
Researchers Find Brain Activity that Leads to Cocaine Addiction
Could be useful in creating new anti-addiction medication
Politicians Driven by Drink
Drinking is not a good excuse for smoking crack, snorting coke, or anything else.
Crack Canards and Meth Myths
A neuroscientist corrects widely accepted misconceptions about two notorious drugs.
Study: Increase in Prescription Painkiller Use Has Not Improved Pain Treatment
Fears widespread use has led to addiction, but not actual success
The Gray Areas of Gray Matter
Neuroimaging is pretty cool, but it can't do what its most enthusiastic boosters claim.
Study Questions Whether 'Sex Addiction' Is Real
Brian responses don't match what is seen in other addictions
Ritalin May Cure Cocaine Addiction
Kind of a "fighting fire with fire" thing going on
