Whenever a celebrity is arrested, overdoses, or dies from drugs or alcohol, there is usually renewed media interest in addiction. Most of the time, this means that experts on substance use disorders ...

New research on the biological basis of addiction has found that the critical epigenetic enzyme histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5) limits the expression of the gene Scn4b, regulating neuronal activity and ...

Rock legend Billy Idol previously opened up about his decade-long battle with drug addiction, including cocaine and heroin, ...

Kull Murray felt like the pieces were finally falling into place. After more than three years of living sober at Delancey Street Foundation, a residential drug rehabilitation program in San Francisco, ...

Addiction relapse is common. Studies suggest that approximately half of all individuals who try to get sober return to heavy use, with 70 to 90 percent experiencing at least one mild to moderate slip.

A man caught with €400 worth of cocaine and ketamine was having a drug addiction relapse after breaking up with his partner. Ross Cruise had the drugs in a room at a house in west Dublin when it was ...

A new study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has discovered a surprising new mechanism in the brain that may explain why people recovering from drug addiction often relapse.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gypsy Rose Blanchard admitted she was deeply concerned about relapsing into addiction after her release from prison last December.

Kelly Osbourne says she learned “so many tricks” while she was in rehab to continue her drug habits after she left. “First rehab I went to was, like, university on how to be a better drug addict,” she ...

GLP-1 receptor agonists, already used for Type 2 diabetes and obesity, show promise in reducing alcohol and drug-seeking ...

The latest proposals from a state advisory committee on substance use recovery to take over drug distribution for addicts to provide a “safer supply” and even help drug dealers find new jobs are a ...