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.

The street drug commonly known as Ecstasy or Molly is landing more young people in the emergency department (ED), according to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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Relapse usually does not occur suddenly, nor do people plan their return to addictive substance use. From the client’s point of view, it just seems to happen. But there are always indictors that trouble is brewing.

Patients with addiction complain of cravings so frequently that sometimes it’s difficult to make sense of them. They are a common symptom and one that may serve as a predictor of whether a patient will relapse.

Dr. Thomas McLellan discusses how treating addiction with a chronic care model like that used to treat diabetes and asthma may be the key to helping patients stay sober and healthy.