A recent Surgeon General's report highlighted alcohol's carcinogenic effects. A Penn State professor breaks down the process.

Research in fruit flies has identified specific groups of cholinergic brain cells that are involved in alcohol-induced insomnia. This work could ultimately lead to targeted treatments for ...

Alcohol use disorder, which affects over 10% of Americans, can lead to persistent and serious insomnia. Difficulties falling ...

The state has long since allowed for medical cannabis use and more recently its sale at dispensaries — and has decriminalized ...

Rogers County leads Oklahoma in preventing opioid abuse in schools, said Rogers County's opioid abatement specialist Monday.

The 31-year-old comes from a family of political asylees, which has taught her the pros and cons of 'over-giving.' ...

Two leading drug experts set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. This is how we've progressed since then.

The Matthew Perry Foundation and MGH have started a Fellowship in Addiction Medicine to combat substance abuse, honoring ...

Despite having some of the nation’s lowest crime rates, Idaho incarcerates more women per capita than any other state. Women ...

Teens and young adults with anxiety, ADHD, or sleep disorders were more likely to have a diagnosis of addiction to sedatives ...

A project involving local community members with lived experience of substance use disorder (SUD) is being featured as a ...

Police say they found 37.3 grams of fentanyl in the vehicle, which officers had stopped outside George’s Banana Stand.