A coalition, formed to fight what it sees as an opioid epidemic, is rallying support against the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the drug Zohydro.

Fingerprint biometrics may be coming to an addiction treatment program near you.

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About 1.6 million Americans use cocaine every year, and roughly one-quarter of them meet diagnostic criteria for a cocaine use disorder (CUD) under DSM-5 criteria. Fortunately, CUD responds to many of the same psychosocial interventions as other substance use disorders.

Cocaine addiction involves a host of maddening issues related to psychiatric comorbidity. Perhaps none is more vexing than co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), whether real, misdiagnosed, or malingered.

Dr Thomas Newton explains the facts behind why cocaine is so hard for people to quit.

Australian researchers recently reported data on the impact of a program called Resilient Families—an intervention aimed at preventing early use of alcohol, as well as frequent and heavy alcohol use, among adolescents in secondary schools in Melbourne.

Women and minorities are often underrepresented in addiction studies. This has lead to many unanswered questions about disease prevalence and treatment outcomes.

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Could something as simple as drinking caffeinated coffee, which might have a positive effect on mood, prevent it?

Amsterdam is putting alcoholics back to work—paying them in part with cans of beer to clean litter from the city’s streets, according to a December report in the New York Times.