Drug use can push people to borrow or steal money ... a substance and motivate the repeated seeking of the substance and its effects. They are typically viewed as a sign of entrenchment of the ...

Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive drive ... neuropeptide corticotropin-releasing factor is involved through its effects in the amygdala and the pituitary–adrenal axis 35.

The Colombian head of state exhorted the joys of cocaine use during a government meeting this week, downplaying its side ...

Weight loss drugs ... effects of GLP-1 on patients with alcohol addictions. But the initial interest is purely from the patients who are already on these weight loss drugs who reported alcohol use.

GLP-1 drugs mimic a hormone that sends the brain signals of fullness. Researchers theorize that the drugs could work the same ...

Federal officials approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid​ medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.

And its effects can't be reversed by naloxone ... It would allow people who use drugs, he explained, "to make a decision whether or not to use that substance, or maybe to finally say, 'hey ...