Researchers at England’s University of Bath recently determined that a combination of buprenorphine and naltrexone could be used to effectively treat depression without the risk of addiction.    The study, which was published in the ...

A recent study published in Addictive Behaviors found that playing the video game Tetris decreased addiction by 56 to 70 percent and also helped reduce cravings in under three minutes (Ackerman, 2015).    Thirty-two undergraduate ...

Last month the White House announced a new plan to fight the steadily growing heroin epidemic in the United States.    The White House’s Heroin Response Strategy will have “fifteen drug intelligence officers and fifteen ...

Researchers at Columbia University recently discovered that marijuana may reduce some of the withdrawal symptoms linked to opiate addiction.    The study examined sixty participants who were detoxing from opioids and gave half the group ...

Researchers from the American University of Beirut and the Center for the Study of Tobacco Products recently discovered that e-cigarettes are oftentimes mislabeled and may be “just as addictive” as regular cigarettes (Wilkerson, 2015).    ...

The US Department of Justice is considering updating the rules for the Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP) that would allow more inmates to participate in the program.    The RDAP is the Bureau of ...

A study conducted by researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel has found that a specific component of marijuana can help the healing of broken bones (Gross, 2015).    The researchers found that giving cannabidiol ...

A study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal examined binge drinking at the molecular level and determined that a compound targeting specific brain protein channels could help treat binge ...

A recent study published in the journal Radiology examined brain scans of men and women who were previously addicted to stimulants such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and amphetamines.    Researchers examined the brain scans of twenty-eight ...

In 2005, the town of Needham, Massachusetts raised the age for tobacco sales to twenty-one and a recent study examining the teen nicotine use in the following years confirms that teen smoking has declined as ...