In the years since the 1964 Surgeon General’s report revealed that smoking caused cancer, tobacco use has declined significantly. Only 12% of American adults smoke cigarettes today, compared to nearly ...

A new opioid alternative is in development that could help treat chronic pain without the risk of addiction. More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research ...

Increasing the levels of chemicals naturally produced in the body called endocannabinoids may thwart the highly addictive nature of opioids such as morphine and oxycodone while maintaining the drugs' ...

Kratom and 7-OH may be marketed as herbal supplements, but they function like opioids — shaping how clinicians treat ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Robert Feito remembers how life used to be. "I'm never shy to tell anybody, when I was out there, my only mission was dying — if I had a preferred outcome it was to die — ...

Denise Botcheos, behavioral health director at Prevention Point, holds up a Suboxone film, a daily-use medication used to treat opioid dependence. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to ...

Michelle Warfield struggled with opioid addiction for over a decade. She learned about the NET device from members of her church. After using it for three days in August 2025, she stopped using or ...

Could drugs like Mounjaro treat people with cannabis use disorder? They might. Preliminary research indicates they may stop ...

The search for a safer opioid has followed pain medicine for decades. Doctors still need strong drugs for surgery, major injury, cancer pain, and severe flare-ups. Yet the same medicines can slow ...