As a major public health scourge of the 20th and presumably 21st centuries, drug addiction costs the United States billions of dollars in confronting medical illnesses, social problems and crime.

People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are to be offered a revolutionary new technique involving planting electrodes in the brain to modulate brain activity and cravings and improve ...

A Rutgers-led study found that genes related to impulse control and reward processing are major factors in addiction risk. Researchers analyzed genetic data from over 2.2 million people to understand ...

Dr. Dodes' recent article, titled "The Myth of Addictiveness" reminded me of his other posts to a large extent, but also of a recent article on All About Addiction claiming that the notion of "loss of ...

In 1976, Steve Jobs dreamed of a “computer for the rest of us”. Forty years later, his dream has been realised, and more than a third of the world’s population now uses a smartphone. But the success ...

Submit a chapter to an upcoming edited book about Sociology of Addiction. Sociological approaches have become increasingly prominent and topical in the multidisciplinary field of addiction research.

Russell, John R., and Robert Svensk. "Addiction Control in New York City (A)." Harvard Business School Case 372-095, October 1971. (Revised November 1977.) ...