Camp Mariposa may seem like a storybook summer camp, but campers say their stories are far from it. The national, year-long program teaches children the tools they need to deal with addiction in their ...

Addiction often isn’t about chasing pleasure—it’s about escaping pain. Researchers at Scripps Research have discovered that a tiny brain region called the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) ...

BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Hundreds attended the Fentanyl Forum at the Berna Facio Professional Development Center bringing awareness, education, and resources to the community about the deadly ...

Each year, close to 20,000 newborns are exposed to opioids in the United States, a statistic that has steadily increased since 2004. To help end the generational cycle of substance use disorder, one ...

A new biochemical approach to combat addiction, developed by researchers at the University of California San Diego and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has shown promising results in ...