The roots of addiction risk may lie in how young brains function long before substance use begins, according to a new study ...

Findings published in the journal Nature Mental Health "may help explain why boys and girls often follow different paths ...

A large-scale analysis of nearly 1,900 children found that those with a family history of substance use disorder show early ...

Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a compound found in various plants and animals that's used as a mind-altering drug. In large enough doses, DMT can give you a "high" and distort your senses so that you see ...

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 ...

New Zealand's mainstay drug law turned 50 this year—yet we still don't have a clear, comprehensive picture of the social ...

Alcohol contributes to more than 200 health conditions, fueling a staggering 175,000 deaths each year across the U.S. Globally, the toll reaches nearly 3 million lives. Despite these alarming numbers, ...

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 ...