ADDICTION

Casein, which is found in cheese, releases opiates called 'casomorphins' that lead to addiction.

Tyler Tabor, 25, died while in custody at the Adams County Detention Facility in May.

Parents and drug abuse prevention advocates have voiced concerns over pens that look like hypodermic needles amid a rising heroin and opioid problem in the U.S.

Participants were monitored for the intensity of their cravings and asked to play Tetris at random intervals throughout the day.

Three people overdosed on GHB in California on Saturday. The drug, often used as a party drug or date rape drug, has been linked to hundreds of deaths.

George Michael had said last year that he had not touched cannabis for over a year-and-a-half.

"Prescription Thugs" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City Saturday.

Addiction to the dangerous drug often starts with prescription pain medication, health officials say.

New data shows that the three companies spending the most on EU lobbyists are all from the United States.

Robin Williams, who died of an apparent suicide on Monday, struggled with substance abuse throughout his life.

LMN Channel announced Thursday that they are bringing "Intervention" back to life in 2015 for Season 14. The docu-series was cancelled by A&E in 2013.

A new study links higher cigarette taxes to lower suicide rates.

"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe is reportedly heading to rehab to battle his nicotine dependency.

Angelina Jolie is long past her years of doing drugs, but an old video leaked by her former drug dealer Franklin Meyer shows the actress allegedly “strung out.”

Not only does Australia have the highest number of illicit drug users, it also has the highest number of Ecstasy users, says a U.N. report.

A new U.S. study casts doubt on the usefulness of electronic cigarettes as a quit-smoking tool.

Flooding billboards in Europe and developing countries, Philip Morris International is seducing a whole new generation of potential addicts.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was pronounced dead on Sunday after a drug overdose, but he is remembered by his strong body of work as a great actor.

A psychiatric hospital in central Pennsylvania looks to be the first facility in the U.S. to treat patients diagnosed with severe Internet addiction.

UCLA researchers said the brain responses of self-identifying sex addicts to sexual imagery did not mirror drug addicts' responses to images of drugs.

A heroin vaccine is helping rats kick the habit, and could be on its way for human addicts in the near future.