Addiction & Recovery

A study with animals in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that alcohol abuse in adolescence leads to a lifetime of poor decision-making skills. Karen Hopkin reports

Research hints that hidden risks might accompany long-term use of the medicines that treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

A study in the journal Cell shows that some fruit flies are genetically disposed to dislike drinking alcohol. And some anticancer drugs mimic the effect--which points to the possibility of those drugs treating alcoholism. Karen Hopkin reports

A federal prison in Kentucky was a temporary home for thousands, including Sonny Rollins, Peter Lorre and William S. Burroughs as well as a lab for addiction treatments such as LSD

Cocaine changes the brain only after voluntary use

In spite of recent legislation, tougher laws are needed to prevent insurers and employers from discriminating on the basis of genetic tests

Former drug and alcohol users can show impressive results without professional treatment, through the phenomenon of self-change

A drug that blocks a stress mechanism in the brain diminishes alcohol urges

Pluto becomes just another plutoid; Predicting if coma patients will awaken; Brain protein stops alcoholism; and more...