Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics ...

Advocates, including former drug users and student volunteers, are using sports, peer support, and creative outreach to steer ...

Incidents of children in the U.S. being poisoned by the synthetic opioid fentanyl “increased and became more severe”, a new study reveals.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA, reported that many veterans turned to heroin as a coping mechanism for post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, and other war-related stressors.

Join the 'Snehathon' against drug abuse organized by the Higher Education department with runs, gatherings, and discussions on March 7.

Researchers believe that alcohol can alter the brain's chemistry and allow people to more easily become addicted to harder ...

A new USC-led study provides the first nationwide picture of who knows about, carries, and uses naloxone to reverse deadly opioid overdoses. Mireille Jacobson, professor of gerontology at the USC ...

Recent surveillance indicates apparent renewed interest among teens in Dextromethorphan abuse, sometimes combined with other ...

The use of stigmatizing terminology in National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded grant abstracts has decreased by over half since 2013 according to a new paper by researchers at Columbia ...

He has uncovered allegations of misconduct among border agents under investigation and exposed claims of abuse at ICE-run detention ... to combat the fatal drug amid a White House push to seal ...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse, the largest funder of addiction research in the world, needs to focus its funding on prevention and treatment. For example, NIDA supports the Adolescent Brain ...

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, addiction is treatable, but it’s not a simple process. Addiction is a chronic disease that can’t be stopped within days, and individuals will need ...