New research from UC San Diego found that cannabis use among youth may be responsible for 13% of new cases of regular tobacco ...

Pets often become attached to a specific dog toy, bed or blanket. Some even keep them from the time they are small pups on, ...

Kinship reports that a study suggests dogs can exhibit toy addiction-like behaviors, such as ignoring food and being distressed when toys are removed.

On Wednesday, scientists at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. (pictured in March), said fresh data in its nearly 15-year-old ongoing PATH study with the FDA is suggesting longer-term ...

The U.S. opioid crisis has varied in severity across the country, leading to extended debate about how and why it has spread.

Over 29.3 million Americans consider themselves in recovery from drug addiction. Some return to drugs, but some recover ...

A new study has found that, contrary to expectations, pre-treatment with cannabidiol, or CBD, exacerbated the acute memory ...

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in ...

Hundreds of studies have found that certain foods affect some people similarly to addictive substances like nicotine.

Yet another junk epidemiological study claims that "ultra-processed" foods are addictive. The research is little more than a ...

Seven years ago, only Nevada allowed wagering on sporting events. After the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a ban on sports gambling, sports betting has spread to all but a dozen states. But a ...

There is a lot of interest in the question of if too much sex, sexual desire, masturbation, or viewing of pornography is an addiction like to alcohol or cocaine. In fact, an early version of the new ...