A study found that addicted teens scored high in impulsiveness, anxiety, depression and insomnia.
Austrian designer Klemens Schillinger has created a device to help smartphone addicts cope in its absence. He has named it the Substitute Phone.
Using Google's DeepDream software and a virtual reality headset, a team of scientists have built a device called the Hallucination Machine that "trips" you out without any drugs.
Drugs are dangerous for different reasons, including how lethal they are and how they affect the entire community.
Cambria County Coroner said he believes a 69-year-old woman's death was a result of her cleaning up her son’s drug paraphernalia and that she likely absorbed a substance through her skin.
Scientists found a link between marijuana abuse and anxiety disorders, in a study that also looked into the effect of childhood abuse and other factors on weed smokers.
You never know what kind of online games your child is indulging in. Therefore, it is the parents' responsibility to keep a check on their child's online activities.
New study connects Colorado's legalization of recreational cannabis and marijuana in 2014 with a 6 percent reduction in opioid-related deaths.
Researchers used teenage mice to determine the long-term effects of marijuana use.
Ben Affleck continues to seek treatment for his alcohol addiction, months after his rehab stint.
Mel B is not doing a counterattack at her ex-husband’s alcohol and cocaine addiction claims, but she says the truth will come out through the legal process.
Excessive caffeine consumption can cause negative symptoms like headaches, nausea, flu-like symptoms, and excessive fatigue.
Eighteen-year-old Li Ao was dead within 48 hours of arriving at the facility.
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Drug addiction affects both mental and physical health. However, illegal drug trade has become one of the lucrative businesses in the world.
A new study will use the illegal drug MDMA in an upcoming clinical trial aimed at treating alcoholism and addiction.
An 81-year old doctor, Martin Tesher, who wrote 14,000 unnecessary painkiller prescriptions to his patients, was arrested Monday.
Sex addiction is not recognized by the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5,” also known as the “DSM.”
The opioid cocktail is so dangerous, merely touching the powdery substance is risky.
Recently, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, John Kelly, pointed out to the growing inflow of drugs into U.S. We take a look at the major sources of drugs into the nation.
"I know it's not recreational marijuana, not recreational use, but I don't see a role for it in this at all," Gov. John Kasich said in a press conference Thursday.
Increases were greatest among males, whites and those with low incomes and little education.