Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Javier Hasse is a cannabis and psychedelics reporter and book author. The conversation around drugs has long been framed by cost.

A wave of new “tough-on-crime” state laws across the country criminalizes substance use and homelessness, raising serious public health concerns. For example, 2024’s “Safer Kentucky Act,” imposes ...

Substance use prevalent in scooter injuries: One in four e-scooter riders hospitalized between 2016 and 2021 were under the influence of substances like alcohol, opioids, marijuana, or cocaine at the ...

Accumulating scientific evidence and industry interest from Eli Lilly, Altimmune and startup Baseline Therapeutics is driving further research on the therapeutic potential of GLP-1 receptor agonists ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recognizes Substance Use Prevention Month every October to increase public awareness of the dangers of substance use and its ...

A vast majority of American adults say they have consumed alcohol at some point — yet experts warn that alcoholic beverages could be a "gateway drug" to more harmful substances. More than 84% of ...

A noteworthy shift in how people use illicit drugs has emerged among visitors to syringe-services programs in Washington ...

In a news release sent Wednesday morning, the North Carolina Department of Heath and Human Services announced it would be ...