I have served in addiction medicine with the homeless for over 30 years. Contrary to what you may hear from some big law firms, legalizing marijuana in Florida (or elsewhere for that matter) is not a ...

And How It's Different From Addiction and Drug Dependence If you use a drug repeatedly, your body can develop drug tolerance. With this condition, you have to take higher doses of the drug—or change ...

Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger and Prince are just a few of the many who have died from overdosing on drugs. However, it seems as though their deaths are not enough to instill change ...

Heavy use of MDMA (ecstasy) may lead to long-term changes in your brain’s serotonin system — but there’s a lot we still don’t know. MDMA, also known as ecstasy or Molly, is a synthetic psychoactive ...

The average American spends nearly 2½ hours per day on social media, and that number more than doubles for teens, studies have shown. For many people, the reliance on social media can feel much like ...

As the number of people who die from drug overdoses grows, the ripple effect for Americans is far-reaching. A survey by the nonprofit think tank Rand Corporation found that more than 40% of American ...

Compared to other high-income countries, the U.S. has a high rate of maternal mortality, and in Utah, substance use is the leading cause of pregnancy-related death. With $14 million in support over ...

More than a third of Irish drug users admitted using an addictive cannabis substitute that was sold legally in shops before it was classified as an illicit drug this summer, according to the findings ...

The tech billionaire took a rapid drug test nearly two weeks after he was accused of heavy ketamine use, though urine tests only reliably detects drugs ingested within 2-10 days Kevin Dietsch/Getty In ...