The use of stigmatizing terminology in National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded grant abstracts has decreased by over half since 2013.

More than 10% of the staff working for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were fired this ...

Cutting government waste is a good aim, but we need a bold new vision and priorities to tackle the drug crisis.

Misuse of prescribed stimulants, tranquilizers, and pain relievers by 18- to 49-year-olds was twice that of those without ...

"far younger than the average onset age of drug abuse of 16 years old", indicated in a 2022 survey conducted by the Institute of Mental Health. With an increasing number of new abusers arrested ...

During that time, drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% nationwide, marking the first time overdose deaths declined since the ...

A professor and department chair at the University at Buffalo who researches drug abuse has been named as the second finalist to lead the University of Kansas’ pharmacy school. David Dietz, a ...

A new study suggests that medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol.

The federal funding freeze compounds the existing barriers to medical marijuana research, further hindering efforts to ...

With Dry January firmly behind us, many adults are prompted to reassess their relationship with alcohol. Alcohol Change, the ...

For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.

From 2022 to 2023, there was a decrease in the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose death in the United States, according to a report published in the February Health E-Stats, a publication of the ...